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→Etymology, derivation and meanings:
The word meda is derived from Sanskrit root medas[meda-asun]. It means to lubricate or oleate or to provide unctuousness.
The word meda is derived from Sanskrit root medas[meda-asun]. It means to lubricate or oleate or to provide unctuousness.
The literary meanings of word meda are as follows:
The literary meanings of word meda are as follows:<ref>Sanskriti Jha and Srujan Jha. Amarkosha.</ref>
1. Marrow; applicable not merely to the marrow of the bones, but more properly, to the serous or adipose secretion that spreads amongst the muscular fibers, and which is considered as performing the same functions to the flesh that the marrow of the bones performs to them.
1. Marrow; applicable not merely to the marrow of the bones, but more properly, to the serous or adipose secretion that spreads amongst the muscular fibers, and which is considered as performing the same functions to the flesh that the marrow of the bones performs to them.
2. Morbid or unnatural obesity.
2. Morbid or unnatural obesity.
3. In general, obesity or fat in the body is denoted by the word meda.
3. In general, obesity or fat in the body is denoted by the word meda.<ref>
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1899, [Cologne record ID = 167817] [Printed book page 832 , 3], https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.unikoeln.de/scans/MWScan/2014/web/webtc/indexcaller.php</ref>
==Panchabhautika constitution and properties: ==
==Panchabhautika constitution and properties: ==