1. maṣi
maṣi m. f. (or f(ṣī). ; cf. below) powder, ( esp. ) a black p˚ used to paint the eyes, soot, lampblack, ink, Kāv. ; Var. ; Suśr. &c.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
māśīḥ
maṣi m. f. (or f(ṣī). ; cf. below) powder, ( esp. ) a black p˚ used to paint the eyes, soot, lampblack, ink, Kāv. ; Var. ; Suśr. &c.
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Where it lives
- Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. مَسِ
masi and masī, incorrectly for maṣi and maṣī, q.v. (masībhū, to become black, Śiś. xx, 63 ; cf. maṣībhāvuka)
3. masī
masi and masī, incorrectly for maṣi and maṣī, q.v. (masībhū, to become black, Śiś. xx, 63 ; cf. maṣībhāvuka)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. masi (vol. 3, scan p. 648; entry #7889).
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