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BOOK 2, LECTURE 3.
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it is said that 'herbs?' and 'plants are to be treated in four paragraphs each.) (10-15)
And again it has been said of old: some beings born in earth, (&c., all as in § 1, down to) growing there in particles of earth that are the origin of various things, come forth as Aya, Kaya, Kuhana, Kandu, Uvvêhaliya, Nivvêhaliya, Ésava, Sakkha, Khattaga, Vâsâniya 3 (The rest as in g 2, but substitute the words Âya, &c. for 'trees') Here there is only one paragraph, the remaining three do not apply here 4. (16)
And again it has been said of old : some beings born in water, (&c., all as in 8 1-11, substitute only 'water' for 'earth. Thus we have four paragraphs for trees, four for creepers, four for grass, four for herbs, four for plants). (17)
Now it has been said of old : some beings born in water, (&c., all as above, down to) growing in particles of water that are the origin of various things, come forth as Udaga, Avaga", Panaga, Sêvâla, Kalambuya", Kasêruya , Kakkhabhâniya, Uppala,
1 Ôsahi=ôshadhi.
2 Hariya=harita. 8 All the commentators say about the words Âya, &c. (which offer some various readings in the MSS.), is that they denote particular plants (vanaspativisêsha) which must be learned from people (who know them). I give the words in their Prâkrit form, and do not attempt to transpose them into Sanskrit.
* For there are no Âyas originated by Âyas except through their seed.
6 Avakâ, a grassy plant growing in marshy land, Blyxa Octandra.
6 Saivāla, the aquatic plant Vallisneria. 7 Kadamba, Nauclea Kadamba..... 8 Ka sêru, Scirpus Kysoor.
