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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PURE DESI WORDS
measure of the impending trouble and the strength of arms of the opponent'.
At MP. 62 21 11 also ghamghala- stands for troubles and obstacles'.
ghamghala- occurs at 2 31 5 in JC. The editor has rendered it with kalaha- following H. 4 422. But 'trouble' seems to suit the context which is the description of a dog. The relevant passage is - "bahusuarakula-ghamghala-vayanu" 'possessing a mouth which was a source
of trouble for a herd of swine'.
As noted above ghamghala- appears to have yet another meaning at PC, II 45 7 8. The relevant passage is as follows:
"jalavimṁdu jema ghamghale paḍamtu jam disai tam sahasu mahamtu"// According to the editor, some meaning like 'desert' or 'parched land' is suitable to the context.
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The meaning moha- recorded by PSM. is not sutable for any of the above quoted passages.
ghamghala- also occurs in Hemacandra's Chando' nuśasana at 4 52 1. The commentator interprets the expression "manavisaghamghala" as 'maṇam vihvalam visṛnkhalam va'. But it is not clear on what grounds he has taken visa-ghamghala- as equivalent to vihvala- or visṛnkhala-. The commentator's rendering would rather presuppose a reading vihalamghala- or visamthula- which does mean vihvala-. But even then the meaning of the line is not quite satisfactory. To describe māṇa- as visṛnkhala- or vihvala- is not quite satisfactory- 'Agitation or trouble' can fit in. So "mana-visaghamghala" can be rendered as 'mana in the form of vicious trouble or agitation'.
Again ghamghala- occurs in the same text at 5 31 1. The expression is "kayaghamghala-" and the same commentator has taken ghamghalaas duḥkha-. Here also 'agitation or disturbance' fits in. So the passage, "navaghaṇa-mamḍalena thakka pahia kayaghamghalena" can be rendered as - 'the wayfarers were halted by the trouble-shooting new clouds'.
919. Ghatt- 'to throw':
ghattiya-(p.p.) 65 22 8.
[Compare ghatt- kṣip-, 'to throw' (H. 4 143; Tr. 8 1 79); cf. Nghatt- occurring in the same sense in NC., PC.I, PC.III, Sam.K.; cf. M. ghatle= 'thrown, poured'. ]
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