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balcony (or portico of his palace.)
In Jain canonical text occurs a word variously spelt (on the basis of various manuscripts of the texts) as बालग्गपोइआ, वालगपोइआ, वालग्गपोतिका, वालग्गपोत्तिका. Its occurences are noted in the Desisabdakosa from the Urtaradhyana-cūrṇi, Urtaradhyayana comentary of Śantyācaryā, Āvaśyaka-cūrṇi and Suryaprajñapti commentary. Three different meanings are given : (१) शकुनी - गृह, (२) वलभी, अट्टालिका, (३) आकाश-तडाग - मध्यस्थितं क्रीडास्थानं लघु-प्रासादम्. It can be बालग्गपोइआ / पोतिका easily seen that the first two of these meanings of
are the same as that of the बालग्ग - कवोदिआ occurring in the Mṛcchakatika. The third meaning is based on the second constituent बालग्ग पोत्तिका, viz. पोतिका 'asmall boat. Hence
of the compound
the interpretation a small pleasure house in the midst of a lake possibly anthetop (अग्र) of a boat under the opan sky
-
(आकाश). '
Looking to the context of the passage cited from the पोइआ / पोतिका of the Jain texts is a
बालाग्र कपोतिका / बालग्गपोतिका
Mṛcchakatika its seems that the
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result of some textual confusion
the word
बालग्गकवोतिआ bing unfamiliar became comupted as
and the interpreters were forced to accomodate the known meaning of पोत. बालग्ग / वालुग्ग = मत्तवारण, वलभी, of whatever origin, seems to
be reliable. It must have been a familiar structure about the fourth-fifth
cartury.
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