Mamsa, Mṃsa, ṃs, Mamsha: 37 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: ܲᾱ峾ٲ-ٲԳٰṃs (मांस):—Sanskrit word for ‘flesh�. It is associated with Śikhi, which is the third seat of the ṣṭԲ-, according to the ܲᾱ峾ٲ-ٲԳٰ.
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditionsṃs (मांस) refers to “meat�, according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripurā oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “[...] He should treat [all phenomena] as one, not as separate. He should not drink [alcohol] or eat meat (ṃs-ṣaṇa) idly [with no ritual purpose]. He should not drink wine without first purifying it [with mantras], and he should consume meat after he has purified it with that [wine]. He should not answer the call of nature, should not sip water, etc., while reciting mantras or in an assembly. If he does so out of folly, the curse of the Yoginīs will fall on him. [...]�.
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantraṃs (मांस) refers to “flesh�, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 4.3-6, while describing the interpretation of dreams]—“In [auspicious] dreams [the dreamer] drinks wine, eats raw flesh (峾-ṃs�āmaṃssya ṣaṇam), smears insect feces and sprinkles blood. He eats food of sour milk and smears a white garment. [He holds] a white umbrella over his head, decorates [himself] with a white garland or ribbon. [He sees] a throne, chariot or vehicle, the flag of royal initiation. He decorates [these things] with a coral, betel leaf fruit. [He also] sees Śrī or Sarasvatī�.

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translationṃs (मांस) refers to “meat�, which a Śiva-devotee should refrain from eating, according to the Śivapurāṇa 1.25, while explaining the greatness of Rudrākṣa:—“[...] a devotee of Śiva shall refrain from eating meat [viz., ṃs], garlic, onion, red garlic, potherb, Śleṣmātaka, pig of rubbish and liquors.�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexṃs (मांस).—Flesh offered to Goddess Kālī.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 1. 86.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval Indiaṃs (मांस) refers to “meat� according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (ⲹṇāgṇa-첹ٳԲ), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as 첹śٰ or 첹첹.—The text [ṃs-첹ṇa] says the three fold division of meat such as terrestrial (ū), celestial (khecara) and aquatic (apcara). Here different types of meat and their properties are discussed in detail.
In the ṃs or “meats� group of foodstuffs, the following substances are beneficial (hita) to the body: (Jāṅghala): Eṇa, Kuraṅga and Hariṇa; (Pakṣiṇa): Tittiri (partridge) and Lāva; (Matsya): Rohita. The following substances are harmful (ahita) to the body: Meats of domesticated animals and the muscle fat of buffalo.
ṃs or “meat� is mentioned in a list of potential causes for indigestion.—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., ṃs (meat)]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., ⲹśū첹sṃyut� sarpi� (ghee mixed with ⲹśū첹 and warm water)] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindusṃs (मांस) refers to “meat� (forming part of the diet of certain elephants), according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: �6. Who has the odor of a crow, ape, ass, camel, or cat, or of urine, dung, or putrefaction, who slays (other) elephants, and is violent at night, who likes (to eat) sour things, meat (ṃs), and blood, is undisciplined, and shows no gratitude, of refractory behavior, such a one is an ogre in character�.
: Asian Agri-History: Paśu Āyurvēda (Veterinary Medicine) in Garuḍapurāṇaṃs (मांस) refers to “meat� and is used in the treatment of various disorders, according to sections on Horses (Ҳܰ岹 or śܰ岹) in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—[Management of miscellaneous disorders]—The drugs along with decoction of ٰ are advised if the horse is affected by ṇa (ulcers)/ṣṭ/ñᲹ (lameness). The medicines should be administered with dzūٰ (cow’s-urine) in Ի岵Ծ (impaired digestion), śdzٳDz (swelling/oedema). If they are affected by ٲ辱ٳٲ, ṇa (ulcers) the ṛtṃyܰٲ-ǰṣīr (cow's milk along with ghee) is advised. If the horse is ṛṣ (emaciated), the diet shall be supplemented by ṃs (meat) for ṣṭٳ (to improve the body).
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (rasashaastra)ṃs (मांस) or ṃsvedha refers to one of the Eight Vedhas (of piercing the body) (associated with dehasiddhi), according to the Rasārṇava (vere 18.147-49).—[...] There are, indeed, alchemical procedures which transform bodily constituents but do not involve “eating Dhātus� nor moving vitality (and thus seem unrelated to Amanaska 2.32c). One such example is the eight kinds of piercing the body [e.g., ṃs-vedha], which are described in connection with dehasiddhi in Rasārṇava.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsaṃs (मांस) or “flesh� refers to one of the thirteen sources of Jaṅgama (mobile) poison, as described in the Kāśyapa Sṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Kaśyapa states in the fourth Adhyāya that Śiva taught him that poisons are of five kinds viz. immobile, mobile, artificial, caused by planets and (arising out of) doubt. The sources of these five kinds of ṣa, Kaśyapasṃhitā deals mainly with the ٳ屹 (immobile), Ჹṅg (mobile) poison according to Kaśyapa are thirteen in number [viz., flesh (ṃs)].
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)ṃs (मांस) refers to “meat�, as mentioned in verse 4.29-31 of the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh (Sūtrasthāna) by 岵ṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] If (a patient) has been debilitated by medicine, strengthening (him) gradually by food such as rice, sixty-day-old rice, wheat, mung-beans, meat [viz., ṃs], and ghee�(which), in combination with cardiac and stomachic remedies, (is) promotive of appetite and digestion—as well as by inunctions, massages, baths, and purgative and lubricant enemas (is) wholesome. Thus he recovers comfort, intensity of all the fires, faultlessness of intellect, colour, and senses, potency, (and) longness of life�.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)ṃs (मांस, “meat�) refers to “eatable meat mixed with rice� and represents one of the items offered to the nine planets (navagraha), according to the śԳپ (cf. ⲹñ) section of the Yājñavalkyasmṛti (1.295-309), preceded by the section called ⲹ첹첹貹 (1.271-294), prescribing a rite to be offered to Vināyaka.—[verse 302-303: Faggots to be burned]—These two verses prescribe different faggots [i.e., ṃs] to be burned for grahas with offerings of honey, ghee, dadhi, and milk. It is interesting to note that some of the faggots (i.e. 貹ś, khadira, pippala, and śī) mentioned here are also used in the Suśrutasṃhitā in the context (Uttaratantra chapters 27-37) of curing the diseases caused by grahas, which, in this case, are not planetary. [verse 304-305: Cooked rice (odana) to be offered to grahas]

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantramṃs (मांस) refers to “flesh�, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “May they, whom I have recollected and are satisfied, accept the vessel of the bali. [...] O god! the bali has been offered to (them to chastise) those who despise the heroes, Siddhas and yogis on the surface of the earth here in the gathering of the practice of the Rule. May they destroy the hearing, memory, mind, sight, fat, flesh [i.e., ṃs], bones and life of the wicked in the great gathering of the Rule!�.
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (shaktism)ṃs (मांस) refers to “flesh�, according to the 17th century Kaulagajamardana (“crushing the Kaula elephant�) authored by Kāśīnātha or Kṛṣṇānandācala.—Accordingly, [as Īśvara said to Pārvatī]: “Listen, O Pārvatī, I shall give a critique of the Pāṣaṇḍas. Knowing this, a wise man is not defeated by them. [...] He who wears ash from the cremation ground and delights in wine and flesh (ṃs) [madyaṃsrataśca ya�]; he who performs such [rites] as bathing and the junctures for [mere] worldly rewards; and he who is the vilest [of them all,] having become a hater of Viṣṇu, destroys everything; [all of them] are called Pāṣaṇḍas. [Now,] my dear, hear about the Kāpālika. [...]�

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)ṃs (मांस) refers to the �(animal) meat� (obtained from hunting), according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] If women, with languishing eyes beaming with love, are to be altogether avoided, the birth of a son, who delivers his father from the hell named Put, becomes impossible. If hunting is to be altogether prohibited, how can meat (ṃs), skin, horn and other articles prescribed for sacrifices be obtained? [...]�.

This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: HAL: The function of the Vṛṣasṃgraha in the Śivadharma corpus (ds)ṃs (मांस) or “meat� should be avoided by Sṃnyāsas (renouncers), according to the Vṛṣasṃgraha: A Sanskrit text of twenty-four chapters contained in the Śivadharma corpus dealing with Dharma (religious duties).—Accordingly, [verse 11.45-46]: “He should avoid honey/alcohol and meat (ṃs), as well as others� wives. He should avoid staying [in a place] for long and also staying at others� places. He should avoid food that has been thrown away and he should avoid food from a single house. He should always refrain from accumulating [wealth] and from self conceit�.

Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्�, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMṃsa (मं�, “flesh�) or ṃs refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., ṃs, ṃs]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhiṃs (मांस) or “muscle� is associated with Mahānāśā and Vikaṭadṃṣṭriṇa, according to the Cakrasṃvara-maṇḍala or Sṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (ⲹ-첹-ٳٲ), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Mahānāśā and Vikaṭadṃṣṭriṇa:
Circle: ⲹ (mind-wheel) (blue);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Mahānāśā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Vikaṭadṃṣṭriṇa;
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Body-part: occiput;
Pīṭha: Arbuda;
Bodily constituent: ṃs (muscle);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): ٳٲ-ṛd岹 (power of thought).

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaṃs (मांस, “fleshly�) or ṃsṣu refers to one the “five eyes� (ṣu) as defined in the Dharma-sṃgraha (section 65). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ṃs). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Jaina Yogaṃs (मांस, “meat�) refers to one of the ten classifications of food (), also known as ṛt, according to the 12th century Yogaśāstra (verse 3.130) by Hemacandra. ṃs refers to meat, which again is said to be of three kinds: of birds, beasts or fishes; sometimes, however, this threefold division is explained as skin, meat, and blood.
Meat (ṃs) is forbidden to consume for Jain laymen. The five udumbara fruits and three forbidden ṛt: meat (ṃs), alcohol (madya), and honey (madhu)—from which abstention is enjoined have one aspect in common: they are all used as offerings to the spirits of the ancestors (辱ṛs). For Amitagati, in the Subhāṣita-ratna-sandoha, the common characteristic of meat, alcohol, and honey is their aphrodisiac quality.
The eating of meat (ṃs) is, above all, a sin against compassion and the guilt belongs not only to the actual slaughterer but to anybody who buys or sells, cooks or carves, or gives or eats meat as in fact the Hindu -śٰ confirm. To eat meat is to acknowledge vultures, wolves, and tigers as one’s gurus. Some people, continues Hemacandra (alluding to the śrāddha, Yogaśāstra v3.29-31), not only eat meat themselves but offer it to the devas and 辱ṛs.
The Digambaras tend to emphasize the sharp distinction between eating meat which contains ٰ-ī and fruits or corn in which there are present only ٳ屹-jīvas (see Amṛtacandra’s Puruṣārthasiddhyupāya 65-68). Even where a bullor buffalo has not been slaughtered but has died a natural death the consumption of its flesh involves the destruction of the minute living organisms (nigodas) that have found refuge there and these continue to come into existence in meat either raw or cookedor in process of cooking so that very great hiṃsā is caused even by touching a piece of it. The eating of meat, says Āśādhara, in his Sāgāra-dharmāmṛta (v2.8), increases the lusts of the flesh and keeps a man wandering in the sṃ�.
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflectionsṃs (मांस) refers to “flesh�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Alone [the living soul] who is very wise becomes a god [like] a bee on a lotus [like] the face of a woman . Alone, being cut by swords [com.—swallows (pibati) his own blood (svāsr�), his own blood (svarudhir�), and flesh (ṃs�) which is mixed with it (kalil�)], he appropriates a hellish embryo. Alone the one who is ignorant, driven by the fire of anger, etc., does action. Alone [the living soul] enjoys the empire of knowledge in the avoidance of all mental blindness. [Thus ends the reflection on] solitariness�.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryṃs : (nt.) flesh.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṃs (मांस).—n (S) pop. n Flesh.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṃs (मांस).�n Flesh.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṃs (मांस).—[man-sa dīrghaśca Uṇādi-sūtra 3.64] Flesh, meat; समांसो मधुपर्कः (saṃso madhuparka�) Uttararāmacarita 4. (The word is thus fancifully derived in Manusmṛti 5.55 :-mā� sa bhakṣayitā'mutra yasya ṃsmihādmyaham | etanṃssya ṃstv� pravadanti manīṣiṇa� ||).
2) The flesh of fish.
3) The fleshy part of a fruit.
-� 1 A worm.
2) Name of a mixed tribe, selling meat.
3) Time.
Derivable forms: ṃsm (मांसम्).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (मांस).—n.
(-s�) 1. Flesh. 2. The fleshy part of fruit. f. (-ī) 1. Indian spikenard, (Valeriana Jatamansi.) 2. A sort of drug, commonly Kakoli. m.
(-�) 1. Time. 2. A worm. E. san to mind, sa Unadi aff., and the vowel made long by special rule.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (मांस).—the base of many cases is optionally ṃs ṃs, n. Flesh, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 139; meat.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (मांस).—[neuter] sgl. & [plural] meat, flesh, [abstract] tva� [neuter]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṃs (मांस):—[from ṃs] n. sg. and [plural] flesh, meat, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (also said of the fleshy part or pulp of fruit, [Suśruta])
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a mixed caste, [Mahābhārata] (= ṃs-vikret�, [Nīlakaṇṭha])
3) [v.s. ...] a worm, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] time, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [from ṃs] cf. [Slavonic or Slavonian] mȩso; [Prussian] mensa; [Lithuanian] mėsà.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (मांस):�(s�) 1. n. Flesh. f. (ī) Spikenard; a drug. m. Time; a worm.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṃs (मांस) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mṃsa.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (sṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Mṃś� (मंशा) [Also spelled mansha]:�(nm, nf) intention, purpose, motive.
2) ṃs (मांस) [Also spelled mas]:�(nm) meat; flesh;-, [gāya kā]beef;-, [bakarī kā] meat;-, [bachaḍe kā] veal; —[suara kā] pork;-, [hirana kā] venison —[grṃthi] a gland; ~[辱ṃḍ] a tumour, lump of flesh; the physical frame; ~[śī] a muscle; —[ṣaṇa] meat-eating; ~[ṣ�/ī] a meat-eater; carnivorous/carnivore; —[rasa] meat soup; ~[la] fleshy, corpulent, plump; carnal; tangible, concrete; ~[] fleshiness, corpulence, plumpiness; carnality; tangibility; concreteness; ~[ṛd] a tumour; fleshy outgrowth; growth of fat, fattiness; —[] fat.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Mṃsa (मं�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṃs.
2) Mṃsa (मं�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ṃs.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṃs (ಮಾಂಸ):�
1) [noun] the soft substance of a human or other animal body, between the skin and the bones, consisting of muscle and fat; the muscular tissue; flesh.
2) [noun] the flesh of animals used as food.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryṃs (मांस):—n. 1. flesh; meat; 2. (of fruit) flesh;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.8.29 < [Chapter 8 - In the Story of the Yajña-ītās, the Glories of Ekādaśī]
Verse 6.13.28 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]
Verse 6.13.26 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Diseases related to Sapta-dhātus and their cure < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
鲹Ჹⲹṣm-ʰپⲹ첹 < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Basic Principles of Āyurveda < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 17.10 < [Chapter 17 - Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - Thirty-two substances of the human body < [Chapter XXXII-XXXIV - The eight classes of supplementary dharmas]
Preliminary note on the ‘five eyes� < [Part 6 - Obtaining the five ‘eyes’]
1. Generosity and the virtue of generosity. < [Part 14 - Generosity and the other virtues]
Marma-sastra and Ayurveda (study) (by C. Suresh Kumar)
Introduction to Marmabhighata Samprapti (injured marmas) < [Part 1 - Introduction]
Significance of Mamsa Marma < [Part 1 - Introduction]
Study of Sthanarohita Marma < [Part 2 - Study of Marmas]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)