Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Masta in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Garcinia mangostana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mangostana garcinia Gaertner.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Biochem. Pharmacol. (2002)
· Planta Medica (1996)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Masta, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

masta (मस्त).—a ( P) Intoxicated, lit. fig., inflated, puffed up. 2 Fat, large, bulky. 3 (Low). Abundant, copious, plentiful. Pr. paḍēla hasta tara pikēla masta.

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mastā (मस्ता) [or मस्त्या, mastyā].—a ( P) That is commonly under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs. 2 fig. Rude, riotous, overbearing. 3 Excited or wrought up--a horse.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

masta (मस्त).—a Intoxicated. Bulky. Plentiful.

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mastā (मस्ता) [-styā, -स्त्या].—a Riotons, rude. Excited.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Masta (मस्त).—The head; मस्ते दुःसहवेदनाकवलिते (maste duḥsahavedanākavalite) Viś. Guṇa. 539.

Derivable forms: mastam (मस्तम्).

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

Maṣṭa (मष्ट).—(ka) , see māṣṭa(ka).

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Māṣṭa (माष्ट).—and māṣṭaka, nt., also in mss. maṣṭa(ka), and with ṭh for ṭ, seems to mean something like con- struction, product, contrivance, ingenious device; usually in composition with prec. yantra-(yanta-, janta-, jantra-): Mahāvastu ii.475.7 ff., many times; in 476.3 māṣṭakāni alone, but v.l. jantra-m°; seems to refer especially to toys: (antaḥpurasya arthāye) nānāprakārāṇi janta-māṣṭa-(mss. maṣṭa-, °ṭha-)- daṇḍakāni kriyanti, krīḍāpanakāni ca vividhāni ca janta- māṣṭakāni kriyanti, vījanakāni pi jantamāṣṭāni kriyanti 475.7—8; āsandikā pi jantamāṣṭa-pādakā 9, etc.

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

Masta (मस्त).—n.

(-staṃ) The head; see the next.

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

Masta (मस्त).— (perhaps vb. man), n. The head, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 70, 2 (at the end of a comp. adj.); cf. mas.

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

1) Masta (मस्त):—[from mas] a mfn. measured, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] n. (= mastaka) the head, [Dhūrtasamāgama]

3) b and taka, masti etc. See p.793.

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

Masta (मस्त):—(staṃ) 1. n. The head; the top.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Masta (मस्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Mattha, Matthaga, Matthaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Masta 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Masta (मस्त) [Also spelled mast]:—(a) intoxicated; intoxicated by passion; carefree, wanton; sexually excited; radiant with joy, in a lively frolic; ~[maulā] a lively and carefree person; ~[rāma] see ~[maulā].

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Masta (ಮಸ್ತ):—[noun] = ಮಸ್ತಕ - [mastaka -] 1.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Masṭā (मस्टा):—n. the chief god of Khan-Brahmin of far western region;

2) Masta (मस्त):—adj. 1. carefree; unworried; contented; delighted; 2. intoxicated; drunk; 3. lost in joy and pride; 4. overflowing with youth;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+17): Mastaba, Mastadaru, Mastagi-desi, Mastak, Mastaka, Mastakabhisheka, Mastakadi, Mastakajvara, Mastakakhya, Mastakalunga, Mastakam, Mastakamulaka, Mastakapatti, Mastakapindaka, Mastakarecana, Mastakashula, Mastakasneha, Mastakavadhi, Mastakavaghrana, Mastaki.

Ends with (+21): Alamasta, Amalamasta, Amasta, Asamasta, Badamasta, Balamasta, Chadmasta, Chhinnamasta, Chinnamasta, Dandagamasta, Dhanamasta, Gramasta, Gumasta, Gummasta, Halamasta, Hedgumasta, Katamasta, Kharamasta, Kumasta, Lauhasamasta.

Full-text (+10): Chinnamasta, Matthaya, Mastadaru, Chinnamastaka, Mastamulaka, Mastalunga, Mattha, Yantramashta, A-patamattam, Madana masta, Mastishka, Mastakamulaka, Vimastakita, Mastavanem, Matthaga, Mastaka, Madanamasta, Maula, Janta, Mastu.

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