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
323. Ghutta- 16 20 4 'a mouthful or a single gulp of any liquid',
[The relevant passage is - "kim ghuttena jalahi sosijjai" -'can the
ocean be dried up by a mouthful?' cf. ghumta- 'a gulp' (H. 4 423 Illustration 2); cf. /ghutt- 'to drink in a single gulp' (JC. 1 15 9); cf. Hin. ghumta mouthful' and G. ghumt, 'a puff'; ghumido, 'a gulp'; cf. Kan., Te. gutaku- 'a single gulp of any liquid'. See and ghotta- and dugghotta-. ]
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924. Ghepp- 'to grasp, seize':
gheppai (pres, 3. s.) 15 7 4, 38 19 11; gheppamti (pres- 3. pl.) 11 33 11.
[Compare ghepp-= grah-, 'take, seize' (H. 5 256, Tr. 2 4 87); cf. Nghipp- occurring in this sense in JC., and NC., cf. M. ghe-ne, Kon. ghev-ce= 'to take, seize, lay hold of'. Pischel postulates a root *ghrp- to explain the etymology of ghepp-. (See Pischels 107, 212, 288 & 548). ]
925. Ghott 'to drink':
ghottai (pres. 3. s.) 60 11 2, 85 10 5; ghottamti (pres. 3. pl.) 47 14 8; ghottia-(p.p.) 68 10 13.
[=pitam(gl.); cf. ghotta-pa-, 'to drink' (H. 4 10; Tr. 3 1 16); cf. ghott in the same sense occurring in PC. II and ghutt- in JC. (2 37 3). See ghutta-, ghotta- and dugghotta-.]
926. Ghotta- 56 6 4 'a gulp or mouthful of any liquid'.
[=gandusa-(gl.); the relevant expression is
"mahughotta"- 'a mouthful
of liquor'. Cf. ghotta- 'gulp' (PC. II); cf.M., Kon. ghot ‘a gulp'. See ghutta-, ghott- and dugghotta-.]
927. Ghosaya- 89 17 11 (v. 1. ghosai) 'a kind of vegetable, a species of cucumber known as Trichosanthes dioeca or Luffa acutangula or Luffa pentandra'.
Kosataki (gl.); the relevant passage is - "kari dinnai ghosāyaiphalali" the kosataki fruits or the vegetable known as kośātak? were placed in his hands' ; cf. ghosali v.1. ghosaliya saradudbhavo vallibhedaḥ, 'a kind of creeper growing in autumn' (D.2 111); cf. also PSM. ghosaḍat lataviseṣa-. Cf. ghosed-phalaoccurring in Mahaviracariu. Cf. MW. kośātakt (L) = 'name of a plant and its fruit (Trichosanthus dioeca etc.) and ghosātaki (L)='the plant svetaghoşa'; cf. M. ghosālī, Koń. ghośale in the same sense. For the word kośataki- given in the gloss see Appendix. ]
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