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Entry माष

माषmāṣaA bean; (the sing. being used for the plant and the pl. for the fruit or seed); तिलेभ्यः प्रति यच्छति माषान्…
[मष् संज्ञायां कर्तरि घञ्]
1. A bean; (the Singular being used for the plant and the Plural for the fruit or seed); तिलेभ्यः प्रति यच्छति माषान् Sk.; मुद्राभावे माषाद्याः प्रति- निधित्वमर्हन्ति J. Name V.
2. A particular weight of gold; पञ्चकृष्णलको माषस्ते सुवर्णस्तु षोडश Ms.8.134; माषो विंशतिमो भागः पणस्य परिकीर्तितः or गुञ्जाभिरष्टभिर्माषः
3. A fool, blockhead.
4. A kind of pulse.
5. A cutaneous eruption resembling beans.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अदः, -आदः a tortoise.
- -आज्यम् a dish of beans cooked with ghee.
- -आशः a horse.
- -ऊन Adjective less by a Māṣa.
- -पर्णी Glycine Debilis (Marâthî रानउडीद).
- -पिष्टम् a kind of sauce prepared from the flour of Māṣa (Marâthî डांगर ?) Gaṇeśa Parasmaipada49.47-51.
- -पेशम् Indeclinable as if beans were ground; Mk.
- -योनिः a thin cake (पर्पट) made of Māṣa flour; Gīrvāṇa.
- -वर्धकः a goldsmith.
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