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Bhagavai 3:7:268
been abandoned, houses of whose owner's clan have been abandoned, whose owners have become extinct, whose approach-bridges have become extinct, whose approach-paths have become extinct, and houses of whose owners' clan have become extinct. The treasures buried in earth might have been deposited at the junction of two roads, three roads, or four roads, or at cross roads, or at places with entrance on four sides, or on royal roads and avenues, or in city-outlets or in crematoriums, or in houses on or in caves, or in houses for peace-rituals, or in houses carved out of hills or in assembly halls, or in houses for relatives. They (treasures) are not unknown, unseen, unheard of, unremembered and unrecognised by the great king Vaisravana, a custodian of Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, and the Vaisravaṇakāyika gods.
Bhāṣya
1. Sūtra 268
Semantics
vasudhärä-the downpour of gems from the sky at the birth of the jina, and the
like.
varṇavarsa shower of sandalwood-powder etc.
cūrṇavarṣā-shower of a perfumed powder; slight rain or shower is called varșă and heavy rain is called vrsti. alpärghya-low-cost commodities.
mahärghya-precious commodities.
sannidhi-storage of dairy products and molasses.
sannicaya-granaries.
nidhi-treasures (available on earth).
nidhana-treasures buried under earth.
prahiņasetuka-whose approach bridge has been abandoned. The word prahiņa is derived from root ha, which means 'to abandon'. Prahina, therefore means 'abandoned' or 'left'. The Vytti however has sanskritised this word as prahinasecaka; secaka means persons who deposited wealth.' prahīṇagotrāgāra-abandoned house of the reputed owners' clan.2
ucchinna (ucchanna)-in Thanam, the word ucchinna has been used.' The meaning of both the word is same.
nagaraniddhamaṇa-niddhamana is a desi word which means a outlate of waters. śmaśānagṛha-crematorium.
girigṛha-house on the top of a mountain.
kandaragṛha-cave.
santigṛha-place where rituals for peace is performed
sailagṛha-a house carved out of a hill.
upasthānagṛha-meeting hall.
bhavanagṛha-house for relatives.4
1. Bha. Vr. 3.268-'pahtņaseuylim'tti prahiṇaḥ-alpibhūtāḥ sektāraḥ-secakaḥ-dhanaprakṣeptāro
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