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KALPADRUKOSA
the ear confuse kh with ks in words like khura and kṣurapa, h with gh in those like simha and
śanā.
The Varnade- singbanaka......Again, h and d are confused in words like hindtra and guḍakesa, owing to the similarity of the letters in characters like the Gauda. So to discuss them in the light of clear readings and explicit statements in works like the Dhatupārāyaṇa and commentaries on the dhatus, etymological explanations, authoritative statements, and sleṣas, the Varnadeśana is being attempted."
For the Ekakṣara- and the Dvirūpakoṣa see § 17.
§ 7. Sasvata's Anekarthasamuccaya' is a homonymous lexicon, consisting of about 800 anuṣṭubh verses. It is divided into six sections. Śāśvata and his Anekartha- In the first three the meanings of each word samuccaya, are given respectively in full, half and quarter verses; the fourth is a supplementary section of quarter verses; and the fifth and the sixth are devoted to the indeclinables, which also are arranged respectively in half and quarter verses. Except this division, the work has no order, the words being placed at random. Genders are shown merely by the form of the word which is often repeated. The same arrangement is found also in the Haravali of Purusottamadeva (§ 6, above), and in the Anekarthadhvanimanjari of Mahākṣapaṇaka below).
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Śāśvata's date is not yet settled. He says at the end of his work that great poets and learned men like Khudula who were sabhyas (courtiers ?) of Vidyavilāsa looked carefully through his work which was done in consultation with the poet Mahabala and Varaha.2 Varaha has been
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Ed. Th. Zachariae, Berlin, 1882; K. G. Oka, Poona, 1918.
Oka's ed., p. 60, vs. 807.
| SR No. | 016138 |
| Book Title | Kalpadru Kosh Vol 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kesava, Ramavatara Sarma |
| Publisher | Oriental Institute |
| Publication Year | 1928 |
| Total Pages | 560 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Dictionary & Dictionary |
| File Size | 30 MB |