Mamsashana, Māṃsāśana, Mamsa-ashana: 6 definitions
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Mamsashana 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 Māṃsāśana can be transliterated into English as Mamsasana or Mamsashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMāṃsāśana (मांसाशन).—
1) flesh-meat.
2) flesh-eating.
Derivable forms: māṃsāśanam (मांसाशनम्).
Māṃsāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māṃsa and aśana (अशन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāṃsāśana (मांसाशन).—[neuter] flesh-meat.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāṃsāśana (मांसाशन):—[from māṃsa > māṃs] n. eating of meat or fl°, animal food, [Manu-smṛti v, 73.]
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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 corpusMāṃsāśana (ಮಾಂಸಾಶನ):—
1) [noun] = ಮಾಂಸಭಕ್ಷಕ [mamsabhakshaka].
2) [noun] food prepared using meat.
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)
Partial matches: Asana, Mamsa.
Ends with: Amamsashana, Nrimamsashana.
Full-text: Nrimamsashana, Amamsashana, Asana.
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