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nimaṁsalohitamakkhitaṁ

nimaṁsalohitamakkhita

past participle (accusative singular masculine) of a contracted/compound adjective; looks like a scribal fusion or very rare hapax. Likely resolves to ni-maṁsa-lohita-makkhita or similar (attested: makkhita 'smeared, covered')

1. covered with flesh and blood
2. besmeared with meat and gore

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Indicates state or condition. Cognates: English nether, German nieder.
• maṁsa — root · flesh, meat
  From Proto-Indo-European *mems- 'meat'. Related to Latin mensa (originally a table for meat-serving), English mess.
• lohita — root · blood, red
  From √ruh 'redden, become red'. Blood is the red thing; connects to the vivid colour-sense.
• makkhita — ending · smeared, covered
  Past participle of makkhati (to anoint, smear, cover). Marks the state of being covered or besmeared.

Analysis. A compound of ni- (down, into) + maṁsa (flesh) + lohita (blood, from √ruh 'redden') + makkhita (smeared, covered). The contraction suggests a single vivid epithet for something grotesquely or nauseously flesh-and-blood-covered, used in descriptions of decay or the visceral body.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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