Mahapurana of Puspdanta

Author(s): Ratna N Shriyan
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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PURE DESI WORDS
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fierce rays of the sun resembling the flame of fire'. Cf. sacchaha= sadşsa, ‘similar' (D.8 9; Pāi. 127) and sacchiha-- sady śa= (Tr. 3 4 72, 319); cf. sacchaha- occurring in this very sense in Lilāvai, Sam.K., Kams.
& CMC.] 1268. Samca - 8 9 12, 17 5 2, 89 1 6, 99 15 4 'structure,' 'plan', 'arrange
ment', 'inter-relationship', 'frame'. T=śartrabandha, sambandha- (gl. at 8 9 12 and 89 1 6) sobha- given in the gloss at 99 15 4 is a guess; at 17 5 2 sańca - is loosely rendered with sañcaya-, Vaidya has loosely rendered saṁca- at 17 5 2 with 'samūha-'. The relevant passages are: 1) "saņa tharaharane dhaliu sańcu" (8 9 12) – 'on account of the shaking of the throne the bodily frame was dislodged'. 2) "joyantahu miya-bhuya-thāma-samcu” (17 5 2) – 'while looking at the strength and the muscular build of the arm'. 3) "nāne pariyaniū kajju saṁcu” (89 1 6) – through knowledge I became aware of the act and the whole plan of it. 4) "accherayai jayai pamca, ko pāvai punna-pavaca-samca-" (99 15 4) - 'five miracles occurred, who can gather the full scheme or structure of the functions of merit ? PSM.does not note the word in this sense. Cf. susanca-='compact, well knit (PC.I). Cf. Kan. saṁcu= 'a contrivance'; cf. G. sācos 'machine'. In all the occurrences, "sarca-” is found rhyming or compounded with "pavařca-".] See ND. sānco= 'a mould, matrix'. Turner says that late Sk. saħcaka
is a Sanskratisation of Pk. samcaa-, 1269. Samca - 56 2 8 'returning to one's own fold while not allowing
the opponent's pawn to enter it (i.e. one's fold) (=paraśāri-pravišana-pratişedhena svagshā vartanan (?) (gl.). Here also samca-is used as rhyming with pavaca-. PSM. does not record this word.]
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» Samodd - 'to offer, to make ready, prepare': samod divi (abs.) 39 5 13, 77 3 14 (v.1. samodivi); samoddiya- (p.p.) 7 12 5 (v.l. samodiya-). [uddhộlya (gl. at 39 5 13); bhagna- in the gloss at 7 12 5 is loose rendering. The relevant passages are : 1) "mahi himdivi samaru samoddivi” (39 5 13) - 'having gone round the earth and offering battle'.