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DESYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
603. Veilla- 84 1 4 'a kind of jasmine'.
[The relevant passage is
papphulliya-phulla-veilla-velli"- 'with the jasmine creepers with full-blown flowers' ; cf. PSM. veilla-= puspa-visesa(H.1 166); connected with Sk, vicakila-; cf.MW. vicakila-'a kind of Jasmine' (Bālarāmāyaṇa).]
604. Hamsatula- 24 13 7 'goose cotton, soft feathers, plumage or down
of a goose'.
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[The expression in the text is "hamsatulakka-sejjayalam" from which the editor has given "arkapicurarkatula-" as the gloss on the word tulakka-. Really speaking the compound should be divided as hamsatula+akka+sejjayala, and the passage ujjalam hamsatulakka-sejjā. yalam" should be rendered as follows: 'the white bed made out of soft feathers and cotton'. cf. PSM. hamsatuli= 'a mattress'. cf. Kan. tula-= 'the down of birds'. Connected with Sk hamsatula-; cf.MW.hamsatula(L) and hamsatulikä (Kathasarit )= 'goose cotton, the soft feathers or down of a goose'. See akka-.]
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605. Himd 'to wander, to roam about':
himdai (pres.3 s.) 4 7 16; himḍeppiņu (abs.) 68 8 11; himḍira (verbal derivative) 70 14 10; himdiya-(p.p.) 48 12 10.
[Compare PSM. /himd 'to wander, roam about'; cf. himḍ- occurring in this very sense in JC. (2 32 6), NC., PC.I, II, III. For N.I.A. derivatives see ND. hirnu= 'to go, walk, move'. Connected with Sk.hind-; cf MW./hind-= 'to wander' (Dhatupaṭha), and hindana(L)= 'roaming, wandering, .]
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