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DEŚYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
NC, are - 1). "nivai sasahara-mani-cuya- jalehi(1 14 1) – 'Is cooled down by the water dripped from the moon-stone' and 2) "nayanacuyamsua-piccam” -'the water of tears dripped from the eyes'. w cu gives us G. cu-vu- 'to leak', cuvo-= 'a leak in the roof of a house', The sense of dripping has further developed in Hi nichodanā= 'to press hard and remove water, to squeeze'. For N.I.A. see ND, cuhunus 'to drip, leak, pour through'. samcuya- is connected with sam+
» cyut-='to flow, trickle, ooze'.] 243. Sabalahana-22 9 11 ablution after a death or funeral'.
(=mstaka-snāna-(81.); the relevant passage is - "savalahanau sabalahaņu va dihiharu" - 'the applying of unguents like sandal-wood paste is as unnerving as the ablution after death'. PSM, does not note it. The word appears to be made of two elements, saba+ lahaņa-; saba
stands for 'dead body and the second element lahana- is obscure ] 244. Sabalāhana-85 15 8 'unguent, scented paste'.
T=vile pana-(gl.). PSM, does not note it. Connected with Sk. samalambha-= 'sniearing the body with unguents'. See N samalah- » savalah
and savalahana-.] 245. Samalah-'to anoint, to smear the body with unguents':
samalahia-(p.p.) 6 1 9. (Vaidya renders it with abhilipta ; cf. PSM. samalah-= 'to besmear'.
See sabalahana-, » savalah-and savala hana-.] 246. Sarahi-9 4 1, 55 10 3 'ocean'.
(=samudra-, jaladhi -(gl.); PSM. does not note it; cf. Kan. saradhi'ocean', śaradhi-sayana-= Vişņu and saradhi-suie-- Lakşmi, sarahi is connected with Sk. saras-and sara-, ('water')+-dhi-(from dha-).]
247. Salona—87 2 10, 92 9 7 'beautiful, splendid'.
slāvanayukta(gl.); cf. salonā-salāvan ya-( H. 4 420, illustration 3 ); cf. saloņaoccurring in this sense in PC.I, PC.II; cf. Hi, salonā='beautiful' and G. salunu= 'superlatively good, excellent, fine'. Connected with Sk. sa-lavaņa-; cf. MW. lavana-(W)='graceful, handsome, beautiful. Possibly
lavana-goes back to ramaņa-; cf. Pk, ravaņņa-=ramanīya-.] 248. Savalah--- to anoint, to besmear':
savalahivi(abs )42 7 4. sevilepya(gl.); PSM, does not note it. See savalahand-, » samalah- and
sabalahana-.] 249. Savalabaņa-3 4 7, 3 18 3,22 9 11, 41 14 3 'an unguent like san.
dal-wood paste, ointment.
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