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appa-maṁsa

, mfn. [sa. alpa + māṁsa], with
little flesh, meagre; — compar. °-tara, mfn.; Ja III
398,13* (imaṁ khuddakaṁ pakkhiṁ ~aṁ mayā); —
°-lohita, mfn., 'with little flesh and blood', not vigorous;
appa-maṁsapetā hi ~ā . . . ekena passena sayituṁ na sakkonti,
uttānā va senti, Sv (II) 574,23 = Ps II 316,27 (quoted
Ss 14,9) = Mp ad AN II 244,29; (Dharmapr 289,29).

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