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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DEŠYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
428. Rittha(ya-) 12 7 3, 12 17 8, 74 10 10, 98 2 10 (v.l. ritthiya_) 'a crow'.
[=kāka- (gl.): cf. ritha-=kāka-, 'a crow' (D. 7 6; Pāi. 67; Tr. 1 2 109, 10); cf. MW. arista-(L)= 'a crow'. See riţthini-] The word ritpha- is connected with Sk. arişta-= 'misfortune', 'evil omen'. Because the crow is considered inauspicious, it might bave been referred to as riftha; cf. MW. arista-== 'boding misfortune (as
birds of ill-omen etc.)' (Adbhuta Brāhmana). 429. Ritthiņi -71 6 13, 71 7 3 'a female crow'.
(See ritha-] 430. Lai-1 4 6, 4 8 7, 5 16 14, 29 3 1, 29 3 3, 46 5 6, 82 9 8, 84 7 2
‘a parlicle with shades of meaning of granting, offering, appealing and inviting some action; also used in the seuse of "very much”. (Compare PSM, lai= 'lo, well'; cf. lai occurring in JC., SR., KC., PC. I, II, III, Bh.; cf. G, Hi. les 'an expletive' and M. lai= 'an interjection, also means 'very much, exceedingly numerous'. Formally it is imperative 2 singular of lay- below.]
431.. » Lay'to take, to accept' :
lei (pres.3.s.) 2 1 6, 81 8 1; leppiņu(abs.) 15 23 10; lai( y)a-(p.p.) 47 3 9, 62 6 6, 69 35 3; lāiya-(p.p.) 15 24 4. [=gļhņāti(gl.); cf. le= la, 'to take' (H.4 238) and lõia= gļhitam, 'taken, caught hold of' (D.7 27; Tr. 3 4 72, 736); cf. PSM. „ lay-= 'to take'. cf. lay- occurring in this sense in JC, NC., KC., PC. I, II, III,
Bh. See ND. linu= 'to take'. Turner connects it with Sk. ni- and lā.] 432. Lāvaņa -91 21 10 'a kind of dish similar to the East Injian pre
paration dahivad?'.
[='lavana' iti prihak pakvānnaṁ vartate pūrvadese dahivaļīvat(gl.). PSM, does not note it; cf. lavaņa- occurring in this very sense in PC. II. lāvana-is connected with Sk. lavana-; it is a a salty dish as contras. ted with a sweet one. For the word dahivaļi- given in the gloss see Appendix.]
433.
Lhas-'to fall, slip off, drop down, fade': Thasai (pres.3.s.) 2 8 13, 11 4 8, 97 2 6; Lhasi(y)a (p.p.) 4 16 9, 12 15 12, 23 5 13, 28 28 12, 35 12 4, 39 4 10, 58 17 5, 67 11 7, 69 11 6, 70 12 3, 83 2 5.
[= patati, calati, nyūnam bhavati, cyuta-, bahiḥ pätita-(gl.); cf. » lhas-= srams-, 'drop or slip down' (H.4 197, Tr. 31 116). cf. lhas- occurr. ing in this very sense in NC., PC. I, II, III. Connected with Sk, Nhras-, 'be diminished, or lessened'. See Nņilhas- and w parilhas . ]