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āmisena
āmisa
masc instr sg of āmisa (adj); nt instr sg of āmisa (adj); nt instr sg of āmisa (noun)
- material; physical; worldly; lit. fleshly
- worldly gain; profit; material benefit; lit. fleshly
- worldly thing; physical item; material stuff; lit. fleshly
- meat; bait; lit. fleshly
- food; lit. fleshly
Built from
- ā — prefix · toward, up to
Reverses or directs motion toward the speaker; here marks the bringing-together of material elements.
- mis — root · mix, mingle
√mis means to combine or blend; the root appears in Sanskrit miśra (mixed). Material existence is understood as a mingling of elements.
- a — ending · masculine/neuter
Nominative singular stem in -a; the instrumental ending -ena attaches to this stem.
- ena — ending · instrumental singular
Marks the ablative or instrumental case, showing the means or agent by which something is accomplished.
Etymology. ā + misa. The prefix ā- (toward the speaker, up to) combines with √mis (to mix, mingle), giving the sense of "brought together, mixed up"—hence the material, fleshy, compounded nature of worldly things. Related to Sanskrit ā-miśra (mixed, mingled). The concrete sense of flesh and meat reflects the mixture of bodily elements.