masculine
fat
the fat
Meda [Vedic medas (neuter) from mid, see etymology under mada] fat S I 124; Snp 196; Ja III 484 (ajakaraṃ medaṃ = ajakara-medaṃ commentary); Khp III (explained at Vism 262 as "thīnasineha" thick or coagulated fluid or gelatine); Vism 361; Vibh-a 66, 225, 245, 249. -kathālika a cooking pot or saucepan for frying fat A IV 377 (in simile with kāya); Dhp-a II 179 (similar); Vism 195 (in comparative); -gaṇṭhi (as medo-gaṇṭhi, Sanskrit influence!) an abscess of fat, fatty knot or tumour, mentioned as a disease at Miln 149; -vaṇṇa fat-coloured; in compound °pāsāṇa a stone of the (golden) colour of fat found in the Himālaya mountains Snp 447 (= medapiṇḍa-sadisa Pj II 393); Mhv 1, 39; 30, 57 f., 96; 31, 121; see Geiger's note Mhv ( PTS ed.) page 355, who puts it beyond doubt, that meda° is the correct reading for the v.l. megha° at all places.
【陽】 脂肪。~kathālikā,【陰】 油炸脂肪的燉鍋。~vaṇṇa,【形】 脂肪的顔色。
(masc, masc) fat fat Construction: √mid > med + *a