Mamsakshaya, Māṃsakṣaya, Mamsha-kshaya, Mamsa-kshaya: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Mamsakshaya 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.
The Sanskrit term Māṃsakṣaya can be transliterated into English as Mamsaksaya or Mamsakshaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsMāṃsakṣaya (मांसक्षय):—Muscular wasting
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: A History of Indian PhilosophyMāṃsakṣaya (मांसक्षय, “māṃsa deficiency”).—The Sanskrit name for one of the eighteen types of bodily defiencies (kṣaya), as described by Vāgbhaṭa (6th-century). He was the auther of both the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha and the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā, both classics in Āyurveda literature. Symptoms and signs of Māṃsakṣaya include pain in joints and lack of concentration.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMāṃsakṣaya (मांसक्षय).—the body.
Derivable forms: māṃsakṣayaḥ (मांसक्षयः).
Māṃsakṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māṃsa and kṣaya (क्षय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāṃsakṣaya (मांसक्षय):—[=māṃsa-kṣaya] [from māṃsa > māṃs] m. ‘house of flesh’, the body, [Mahābhārata]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mamsa, Kshaya, Saya.
Full-text: Kshaya.
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