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DEŚVA WORDS FROM THE MAHẤPURĀNA
778. Mehuna- 33 10 6, 61 22 10, 69 18 5, 84 12 8, 90 94, 90 15 8, 98
2 13 'paternal aunt's son, maternel uncle's son, brother-in-law i. e. husband's brother or wife's brother'. (=mātula-putra-, devara-, vivaha--vāñchaka- (gl.); cf. mehunia-- patnya bhagini-= 'a wife's sister, mātulatmaja-= 'a maternal uncle's daughter'; mehunao pitssvasssuta iti linga parināmena vyākhyeyaṁ= 'paternal aupt's son' (D. 6 148); Trivikrama also records mehuņiā-= mätulātmaja-, syah (Tr. 2 1 18); PSM, records one accurrence of mehuņia- (D) in the sense of 'uncle's son' quoting from Bộbatkalpabhāșya; cf.mehunayafyalaka (PC. I); cf. mehuniya-= matulātmajā- (PC, III); cf. M. mevna-= 'wife's brother', cf. Kon. meuņo-= 'maternal uncle's son, paternal aunt's son'; the word appears to be of Dravidian origin; cf. Kan., Tu. maiduna -= 'paternal aunt's son, husband's brother, wife's brother'. ]
779. Sippira- 7 19 4, 54 8 5 'straw, husk'.
(Epalala- (gl.); cf. simbtra- and sippan= palala-= 'straw, busk' (D. 8 28); PSM. records si ppira- (D) and sip pira- (D )) in the same sense; cf. sippira- occurring in this very sense in JC. ( 3 17 7), PC. II & III; in JC. it is glossed as palala-. The word appears to be of Dravidian origin; cf. Kan. sippe-= 'the skin of fruits, the rind of
sugarcane'.] 780. Soñari- 20 21 1 'a jackal'.
(=śrgala- (gl.); this word is not traceable in PSM.; it is likely that this word is of Dravidian origin; cf. Kan., Ta., Mal., nari- 'a jackal, a fox'. ]
781. Hudukka- 3 20 4 'a sort of drum'.
[vadya-viseşa- (gl.); PSM. records hudukka-(D) and hudukka (D) in the same sense; cf. hudukka- and hudukkā occurring in PV., PC. II & PC. III; cf. MW, hudukka (L) and hudukka-= 'a kind of rattle or a small drum' and hadhakka- (L)= 'a small hand durm, a rattle'; the word appears to be of Dravidian origin; cf. Kan. hudukka-- 'a small hour-glass shaped drum' and Ta. ufukku-, Mal. ufukka-, Tu, uduku-, Te. uduka-s a small drum'. ]
(b) Words of Persian Origin 782. Amguttbalasiya) – 4 97, 31 13 13, 32 14 6, 32 23 13, 33 6 16, 57
9 12, 73 11 12, 73 25 7, 82 3 9, 88 23 8, 99 9 2 'a finger-ring'. (=mudrika (gl.); cf añgutthalam anguliyam= 'a finger-ring' (D. 1 31 Tr. 34 72, 575); cf. amgutthalaya- in PC. II and amgutthaliya- in PC.
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