Mamsakacchapa, Māṃsakacchapa, Mamsa-kacchapa: 4 definitions

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Mamsakacchapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Mamsakachchhapa.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mamsakacchapa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māṃsakacchapa (मांसकच्छप).—a fleshy abscess on the palate.

Derivable forms: māṃsakacchapaḥ (मांसकच्छपः).

Māṃsakacchapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māṃsa and kacchapa (कच्छप).

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

Māṃsakacchapa (मांसकच्छप):—[=māṃsa-kacchapa] [from māṃsa > māṃs] m. a fleshy abscess on the palate, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mamsakacchapa 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.

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