Mahapurana of Puspdanta

SR No.: 001536
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratna N Shriyan
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 348
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Literature
File Size: 21 MB

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DESYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
254. Sughanaghanai-31 38 10 'very firmly'.
[The relevant
passage
is-"tahi bamdhivi khambhi sughanaghaṇai" 'having tied him to the pillar very firmly'. su-+ghanaghana-. See ghanaghana-.]
255. Suvihaṇa-20 23 9, 38 12 23, 41 4 30, 49 6 12, 63 2 12, 69 12 4, 99 1 12 'early morning, dawn'.
[=prabhata-(gl.). cf. suvihāṇa-'early morning' (PC. I) and JC. (2 22 5); su+vihana-. See vihana-]
256. Seriha-2 18 13, 23 5 2, 60 9 9, 62 3 5, 77 6 7 'a buffalo'.
[=mahisa-(gl.); cf. seribha-dhurya-vṛṣabha-, a carriage ox'; seribho mahişe apityanye-'also 'a buffalo' as the opinion of some one else' (D. 8 44); cf. PSM. seriha- mahişa-, and serihi- 'a she-buffalo' (Pai. 670); cf. seriha-= 'buffalo' (JC. 3 40 14) and sairibhi 'a female buffalo' (Yt). connected with Sk. sairibha- a buffalo' (Harṣacarita, Balaramāyaṇa). See seriht-]
257. Serihi-78 15 7 (v. 1. seriha-) 'a female buffalo'.
[=pracanda mahiṣaḥ(gl.); MW. sairibhi (L)= 'a female buffalo'. See seriha-.]
258. Selimdha-60 28 3 (v. 1. selemdha) 'a lotus'.
[=kamala-(gl.); the relevant passage is -"visa-selimdha-gamdhu agghaivi" -'having smelt the fragrance of the poisonous lotus'. PSM. notes selimdha-in the sense of vṛkşa-viseṣa-. Connected with Sk. silindhra-; cf. MW. silindhra(L)= 'a kind of jasmine' and 'a mushroom' (Harivamsa Purāna).]
259. Sella-7 5 11, 12 18 7, 60 29 2, 74 4 9, 76 7 25, 87 4 8, 88 5 11 'a spear'.
[=bhalla-(gl.); cf. sella- bāna, 'an arrow' (D. 8 57); kunta (H.4 387). Vaidya renders sella- at 7 5 11 with prasa-, 'a dart', cf. sella-and silla-occurring in this very sense in NC., sellaga- in PC. I; cf. sellaselli-, 'fight involving lances on both sides' (PC. II). Derived from Sk. salya-, 'lance, spear' (RV); cf. also MW. salya(L)='an iron crow-bar'.]
260. Somāla-25 6 10, 69 24 11, 71 8 12, 85 3 12 'delicate'.
[=komala-(gl.); cf. somala-sukumāra-(H. 1. 171; Pai. 156); cf. somalain this very sense at JC. 1 17 15, 4 2 3. cf. G. suvalu soft,smooth' and M. somal- 'tender'. Connected with Sk. sukumāra-. See somāliyaand somali-. Alsdorf gives saumya+ suffiix ala-.]