Prishthamamsa, Pṛṣṭhamāṃsa, Prishtha-mamsa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhamāṃsa can be transliterated into English as Prsthamamsa or Prishthamamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPṛṣṭhamāṃsa (पृष्ठमांस).—
1) flesh on the back; प्राक् पादयोः पतति खादति पृष्ठमांसम् (prāk pādayoḥ patati khādati pṛṣṭhamāṃsam) H.1.81.
2) a fleshy protuberance on the back.
3) the remaining flesh (caramamāṃsa); यजुषा संस्कृतं मांसं निवृत्तो मांसभक्षणात् । न भक्षयेत् वृथा मांसं पृष्ठमांसं च वर्जयेत् (yajuṣā saṃskṛtaṃ māṃsaṃ nivṛtto māṃsabhakṣaṇāt | na bhakṣayet vṛthā māṃsaṃ pṛṣṭhamāṃsaṃ ca varjayet) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.193.14. °अद, °अदन (ada, °adana) a back-biter, slanderer, calumniator.
-dam, -danam back-biting; पृष्ठमांसादनं तद्यत् परोक्षे दोषकीर्तनम् (pṛṣṭhamāṃsādanaṃ tadyat parokṣe doṣakīrtanam) Hem.; see पृष्ठमांस (pṛṣṭhamāṃsa) above.
Derivable forms: pṛṣṭhamāṃsam (पृष्ठमांसम्).
Pṛṣṭhamāṃsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and māṃsa (मांस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhamāṃsa (पृष्ठमांस).—n.
(-saṃ) A fleshy protuberance on the back.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhamāṃsa (पृष्ठमांस).—n. the flesh of the back; with khād, bhakṣ, to assail from behind, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 80, M.M.
Pṛṣṭhamāṃsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and māṃsa (मांस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhamāṃsa (पृष्ठमांस).—[neuter] back-flesh; saṃ khād bite the back-flesh i.e. backbite, speak ill.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhamāṃsa (पृष्ठमांस):—[=pṛṣṭha-māṃsa] [from pṛṣṭha] n. the flesh on the back (saṃ-√khād or bhakṣ, ‘to eat the flesh of a person’s back’, backbite), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]
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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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Partial matches: Prishtha, Mamsa.
Starts with: Prishthamamsada, Prishthamamsadana.
Full-text: Prishthamamsadana, Prishthamamsada, Ada, Khad, Prak.
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