1. a dealer in meat, meat-seller Mil.331.
2. in piṭṭhi˚; the ˚ka belongs to the whole cpd., thus: one who is a backbiter a slanderer Snp.244 (= piṭṭhi-maṃsa-khādaka Snp-a.287). Similarly piṭṭhi-maṃsikatā (q.v.) Cnd.39#1.

fr. maṃsa; cp. *Sk. māṃsika