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Maṃsa (neuter) [cf. Vedic māṃsa, from Indo-Germanic °memsro°, as in Greek μηρός thigh, Latin membrum limb ("member"); Gothic mims flesh; Oir mīr bite, bit (of flesh)] flesh, meat S II 97 (putta°); Dhp 152; Ja III 184; Pp 55; Vism 258, 357 (in comparative); Dhp-a I 375 (putta°); II 51 (alla° living flesh); Vibh-a 58, 61 (pilotika-paliveṭhita). Described and defined in detail as one of the 32 ākāras or constituents of the human body at Vism 252, 354; Pj I 46; Vibh-a 235. -ūpasecana sauce for meat Ja III 144 = VI 24; Dhp-a I 344; -kalyāṇa beauty of flesh, one of the 5 beauties of a girl (see kalyāṇa) Ja I 394; Dhp-a I 387; -khādaka flesh-eater Ja VI 530; -cakkhu the bodily eye, one of the 5 kinds of the sense of sight (see cakkhu III) D III 219; Nidd I 100, 354; -dhovanī -odaka water for washing meat Pj I 54; -piṇḍika a meat-ball, lump of flesh Vism 256; -puñja a heap of flesh Vism 361 (in compound); Vibh-a 67; -pesi a piece of flesh or meat (see on simile JPTS 1907, 122) Vin II 25; III 105 (°ṃ vehāsaṃ gacchantiṃ addasaṃ); M I 143; A III 97; Miln 280; Vism 195, 252, 468; Dhp-a I 164; Vibh-a 235; -lohita flesh and blood Dhp 150.
【中】 肉。~pesi。【陰】 肉片。~puñja,【陽】 肉堆。
(nt, nt) meat; flesh flesh
(adj, adj, in comps) with meat; having flesh