In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Māṃsikā (मांसिका):—One of the sixty-eight Rasauṣadhi, very powerful drugs known to be useful in alchemical processes related to mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara (chapter 9).

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māṃsika (मांसिक).—[māṃsaṃ paṇyamasya ṭhak] A butcher.

Derivable forms: māṃsikaḥ (मांसिकः).

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Māṃsikā (मांसिका).—Nardostachys Jatāmansi (jaṭāmāṃsī).

See also (synonyms): māṃsinī, māṃsī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Māṃsika (मांसिक).—m., (1) (= Pali maṃsika), butcher, or meat-dealer: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 276.5; (2) see s.v. kahāpaṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Māṃsika (मांसिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A vendor of flesh or meat, whether of beasts or of birds. E. māṃsa flesh, ṭhan aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Māṃsika (मांसिक).—i. e. māmsa + ika, 1. A vendor of flesh or meat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Māṃsika (मांसिक):—[from māṃs] mfn. mājṃsāya prabhavati [gana] saṃtāpādi

2) [v.s. ...] = māṃsaṃ niyuktaṃ dīyate smai, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 4-4, 67]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a butcher or a seller of meat, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

4) Māṃsikā (मांसिका):—[from māṃs] f. Nardostachys Jatamansi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Māṃsika (मांसिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A vender of flesh.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mamsika in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Māṃsika (ಮಾಂಸಿಕ):—[noun] a seller of meat.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Karshapanamamsika, Mimamsika, Pitthimamsika, Samamshika.

Full-text: Mamsi, Mamsini, Kahapana, Karshapanachedikam, Bilisha, Rasaushadhi, Pisita.

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