मांस्

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Sanskrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗms (flesh, meat). See also मांस (māṃsa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

मांस् (māṃs) stemn

  1. flesh, meat
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.162.13:
      यन् नीक्षणं मांस्-पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्ण आसेचनानि । ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणाम् अङ्काः सूनाः परि भूषन्त्य् अश्वम् ॥
      yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṃs-pacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇa āsecanāni. ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇām aṅkāḥ sūnāḥ pari bhūṣanty aśvam.
      The ladle of the meat-cooking cauldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled, The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,-all these attend the Horse.