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DEŚYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀNA
341. Chejja- 56 2 8 'a kill or stroke in the game of dice'.
[=śārighāta (gl.). PSM. does not note it. For the word śāri- given in the gloss cf. MW. Śāri.= 'a kind of die or small cube used in games with dice'. chejja- is connected with Sk, chedya.. ]
342. Choha- 28 18 8, 76 6 13 'anger, resentment'.
[=krodha (gl.). PSM. notes chohiya- in the sense of 'agitated, distrac
ted'. Derived from Sk. kşobha- agitation'.] 343. Jadila- 28 1 3, 62 5 10 ‘saffron'.
[=kunkuma-(gl.). The relevant passage is - "jauda-jadila, raseņāyambai ahisittai jiņesarabinbai- 'the images of the Jinas were reddened and sprinkled with juice of saffron grown in jāuda country'. It is not noted by PSM. Connected with Sk. jațila-, 'twisted together, knotted'. See jāuda
Jamakarana- 8 8 15, 27 8 7, 38 1 15, 44 7 10, 52 7 7,69 4 6,69 8 5, 80 4 8 'death', 'disease,' 'attendants of the God of Death'. [=maranam, roga-, yamabhỉtya,- yama-kinkara-(gl.); PSM. does not note it; cf. jamakarana- occurring in the sense of death' in PC. I, JC. (2
22 9 ) & PC. III. The word is connected with Sk. yamakarana- ] 345. Jampaņa- 84 7 3 'infamy,' 'disgrace,' “ill-repute'.
[Compare jampaņa= akirti, 'infamy' (D. 3 51 ) and PSM. jam panaya--
blic gossip, slander'. Specialised meaning of Pk. jampaña,'(speaking',
Sk. jalpana-, 'prattling'. ] 346, Jalayara— 52 10 2, 54 13 8, 60 7 5, 85 17 11, 87 8 10, 88 20 13, 91
15 6 'a conch, a cowrie'. [=sankha-, kapardaka, varāțaka-(gl.); PSM. does not note. it; cf. MW. jalakaranka-(L)- 'a conch'. ] jalayara- is derived from Sk. jalacara known there only in the sense of 'an aquatic animal'.
347. Jaladda- 20 22 5, 73 3 10 'a wet cloth ( used for cooling)'.
l=jalärdrar vastram(gl.); of. PSM. jaladda-= 'a fan made moist with water'. cf. jaladda- occurring in this very sense in PC. I; cf. MW. jalārdra (L)= 'a wet garment'. Connected with Sk, jalārdra-, 'wet with
water'.] 848. Jalamdhari- 70 10 5 'the plantain tree.
sekadali- (gl.); PSM. does not note it; cf. jalaíndhari- occurring in this very sense in SR. jālamdhari- is connected with Sk. jāla+dhara-, 'bearer of thicket'. ]
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