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and tasseva in R and S, and 773 ko ira in S against ko kira in R. The loss of the initial k-, which is restricted to its occurrence after vowels (contrast kallar kira in *50), may be explained from the less emphatic or tense pronunciation of this particle (see also the note on *15). The variant kira would seem to have been introduced secondarily in the MSS individually or in some earlier stage in the transmission of certain branches. Pkt (k)ira corresponds to Skt kila (Var. IX 5 and Hem. II 186; the latter mentions ira as well). For the meaning 'it is reported or said', see Emeneau (1969: 43-54). .
For somāla 'soft, tender', corresponding to Skt sukumāra, see Var. II 30 and Hem. I 171, 254; see also Turner, CDIAL 13448. The variant somāra, which is not taught by the Pkt grammarians, is an innovation based on Skt sukumāra.
The word gola is glossed with godāvart 'the Godavart river' (Paiyal. 132 and Desin. II 104). The relation between this golā and Skt godāvarT is as yet unclear; see Lüders (1942: 34).
W, 34 G, E, T; 304 T; 341 s)
37( 35 Bh, 37 R; 34 K, B, Y, P, 35 Missing in Ma, Ti, Tp and W.
tuha virahe ciraāraa rairahasiharadhaena va
tissā nivad aitavāhamailena muheņa chāhi ccia na patta.
tuva B -- viraye P -- vi(y)alanta Bh, R; nivadaita k -- bāha B; T -- mainleņa K; saileņa s2 -- ravi Bh, R -- dhaveņa Bho; dhvaeņa k -- wa P; S -- chai Bh; chāyi P; chāah S -- cvia S.
As long as you haven't returned, slow traveller, her face spoiled by falling tears, will not regain its natural lustre like the chariot of the sun, a (mountain)peak or a banner, which never enter into the shade.
Weber translates rairahas iharadhaena with 'the banner on top of the chariot of the sun'. This translation does not do full justice to the word sihara (Skt śikhara). Instead I should like to suggest to analyze the compound as a Dvandva enumerating three objects which never enter
