Maŋsa (nt.) [cp. Vedic māŋsa, fr. Idg. *memsro -- , as in Gr. mhro/s thigh, Lat. membrum limb ("member"); Goth. mims flesh; Oir mīr bite, bit (of flesh)] flesh, meat S ii.97 (putta˚); Dh 152; J iii.184; Pug 55; Vism 258, 357 (in compar.); DhA i.375 (putta˚); ii.51 (alla˚ living flesh); VbhA 58, 61 (pilotika -- paliveṭhita). Described and defined in detail as one of the 32 ākāras or constituents of the human body at Vism 252, 354; KhA 46; VbhA 235.

-- ûpasecana sauce for meat J iii.144=vi.24; DhA i.344. -- kalyāṇa beauty of flesh, one of the 5 beauties of a girl (see kalyāṇa) J i.394; DhA i.387. -- khādaka flesh -- eater J vi.530. -- cakkhu the bodily eye, one of the 5 kinds of the sense of sight (see cakkhu III) D iii.219; Nd1 100, 354. -- dhovanī odaka water for washing meat KhA 54. -- piṇḍika a meat -- ball, lump of flesh Vism 256. -- puñja a heap of flesh Vism 361 (in comp.); VbhA 67. -- pesi a piece of flesh or meat (see on simile J.P.T.S. 1907, 122) Vin ii.25; iii.105 (˚ŋ vehāsaŋ gacchantiŋ addasaŋ); M i.143; A iii.97; Miln 280; Vism 195, 252, 468; DhA i.164; VbhA 235; -- lohita flesh & blood Dh 150.