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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ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS
from Supäsanahacaria; cf. thatta- samuha-, ghata= 'row' (KC., Kams., CMC., PC. I, PC. II, PC. III); ef. Hi. thatt or thatth, G. thath-= 'a throng, a multitude'. It appears from various occurrences that thatta- means 'a troop of elephants or horses assembled for martial purposes; the word seems to be of Dravidian origin; cf. Kan. thattutattu and dattu- 'a mass, a multitude, a host, an army, a large number; in Kannada also the word is used in similar context, e. g. "kudureya thattu"- 'a troop of horses', "aneya thattu"- "a troop of elephants'.]
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767. Palli 20 23 4 'a house-lizard'.
[=viśvambhara- (gl.); the relevant passage is - "pallide hamtahu ruhirabimdu nivaḍiu"- 'a drop of blood from the body of the lizard fell down'; the word is not traceable in PSM.; for the word viśvambharagiven in the gloss cf. MW. 'a kind of scorpion or similar animal', the word being quotable from Suśruta according to MW.; Deśīnāmamālā gives vesambhara at 7 77 in the sense of gṛhagodha- 'a small house-lizard'; according to MW palli- has a meaning 'a small house-lizard' trom Lexicons only; the word is of Dravidian origin; cf. Kan. palli, halli-, Ta., Te., Mal., Tu., palli- 'a small houselizard, Lacerta gecko'. Kittel compares the word with Kan. pala-= 'a sound in imitation of the chirping of birds at dawn, palumbu 'to lament' etc. and states - "palli has got its name probably from its well-known sounds' (See Kittel's Kannada-English
Dictionary,
Preface, p. XXI).]
768. Pasamdi- 9 7 1, 9 28 4, 28 3 8. 41 5 8, 59 3 6, 82 7 8, 96 7 10
'gold'.
[=suvarna-, kanaka- (gl.); cf. pasamḍi-suvarna = 'gold' (D. 6 10; Tr. 3 4 298); cf. pasamḍi- in the same sense occurring in PC. III and Lilavai. The word appears to be of Dravidian origin; cf. Te. pasiḍi-= 'gold'.]
769. Pāliddhaya- 12 9 2, 41 15 2 'a tiny banner, a kind of flag'.
[Gloss renders it with vamsa-veṣṭita-patākā- at 12 9 2 and with kṣudradhvaja at 41 1 52; at 41 15 2 paliddhaya occurs along with mahādhaya, hence perhaps the commentator takes paliddhaya to mean kṣudra-dhvaja= 'small flags' as contrasted with 'large flags'; the word occurs in NC. also at 9 23 7 along with garuḍaddhaya-. At JC. 4 7 6 the word paraddhaya occurs with a variant reading 'paladdhiya. Looking 1. See Jasahaiacariu, Vaidya, P. L., Karanja, 1931, p. 79.
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