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 MAHÁPURĀŅA
mardala-dhvani.
Tumult, hubub and confusion
suits the context. The relevant passage is - "jalahara kari gumdalu nittha na janasi virahiaham" - 'O cloud! You are causing tumult, and you don't realise the pangs of the lovers in separation'. Here the name of the metre is also goṁdalam.
Thus, as in one direction the word is extended to mean 'battlegathering', in another direction it is extended to mean dhvani-, sabda-, kolähala-. This suggests that the basic meaning is a noisy crowd'.
For the etymology and the discussion on the meaning of goṁdhalasee (1) Vägvyapar by Bhayani, H.C., pp. 272-274 and (2) an article "Gaundali nṛtya" by Deshapande, V.V., in Bharata Itihasa mandala quarterly vol. XX, no. 77, June, 1939, pp. 18-20 and (3) the article on "gondali dance" by Srikantha Shastri in Bharata Itihasa Mandala vol. XX, no 78, Oct., 1939, pp. 81-82.
911. Gondaliya- 1 3 7, 69 4 3 'gathered'.
[=Śabdita (gl.); the
relevant
passages are - 1) "mayamda-gomchagomdaliya kiri" (1 3 7) and 2) "mayamda-goṁda-goṁdaliyasui" (69 4 3) which can be rendered as '(garden) where the parrots have formed a noisy gathering on the cluster of blossoms of mango trees'. gomdala-occurs in NC. at I 6 12 and the passage is - "mayaṁdagomchi gomdaliya rimcha" whieh also can be rendered as above, Here also goṁdaliya means 'gathered'. See goṁdala-.]
912. Gobhi 10 11 15.
[ For the discussion see gomi-.]
913. Gomi- 10 11 15 'a centipede'.
[ gobhi in the text appears to be a misprint; here gomi- suits the context; cf. PSM. gomi(D)- tri-indriya jantuvišeșa, a particular worm with three sense organs'. In the text also gomi- is described as trimdiya. Ratancandraji's Ardhamagadhi Dictionary notes gomi- in the sense of centipede'; cf. Kan. gomu= 'a sort of centipede'. ]
914. Gosa 1 16 9, 20 14 11 'morning', 'dawn'.
[=prabhula-(gl.); cf. gosa- prabhatam, 'the dawn, early morning'. (D. 2 96); Trivikrama connects it from gosarga- 'day-break, the time at which cows are let loose' (Tr. 1 3 105, 10); cf. gosa- occurring in the same sense in PC. III, Lilaval, SR., Sam.K.; cf. Kon. gosa-= 'morning'.]