Meda
Meda,[Vedic medas (nt.) fr.mid,see etym.under mada] fat S.I,124; Sn.196; J.III,484 (ajakaraṁ medaṁ=ajakara-medaṁ C.); Kh III,(expld at Vism.262 as “thīnasineha” thick or coagulated fluid or gelatine); Vism.361; VbhA.66,225,245,249.
--kathālika a cooking pot or saucepan for frying fat A.IV,377 (in simile with kāya); DhA.II,179 (similar); Vism.195 (in compar.).--gaṇṭhi (as medo-gaṇṭhi,Sk.influence!) an abscess of fat,fatty knot or tumour,mentioned as a disease at Miln.149.--vaṇṇa fatcoloured; in cpd.°pāsāna a stone of the (golden) colour of fat found in the Himālaya mountains Sn.447 (=medapiṇḍa-sadisa SnA 393); Mhvs 1,39; 30,57 sq.,96; 31,121; see Geiger’s note Mhvs (P.T.S.ed.) p.355,who puts it beyond doubt,that meda° is the correct reading for the v.l.megha° at all places.(Page 541)