पेशी [ peśī ] [ peśī ]1 f. (g. [ gaurādi ] ) a piece of flesh or meat ( also [ māṃsa-p ] or [ peśī māṃsa-mayī ] ) Lit. ShaḍvBr. Lit. Gobh. Lit. MBh. ( cf. [ piśita ] )

  the fetus shortly after conception ( [ -tva ] n. ) Lit. Nir. Lit. MBh. Lit. Suśr.

  a muscle (of which there are said to be 500 in the human body) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Suśr.

  the peel or rind (of fruit) Lit. Suśr. ( cf. [ peśikā ] )

  a kind of drum Lit. MBh.

  a sheath , scabbard Lit. L.

  a shoe Lit. L.

  the egg of a bird Lit. L.

  spikenard Lit. L.

  a blown bud Lit. L.

  N. of a Piśācī and a Rākshasī Lit. L.

  of a river Lit. L.