Mahapurana of Puspdanta

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

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DESYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
19. Ālāva(i)ni-3 8 3, 3 18 7, 83 14 9, 93 10 8 'a type of lute'.
(=vina-, tantri-vadya-vi sesa-(gl.): cf. alavani- occurring in NC. and PC. I. See notes on NC. page 194 for a note on the word alavini-. Compare MW alapini-'a lute made of a gourd'.]
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20. Alumc-'to pluck', 'to pull out (w.r. to hair)':
alumcia-(p.p.) 63 6 6.
[Compare PSM. lumc- 'to pluck the hair'; cf. /alume- occurring in this sense in PC. I; cf. loa- (Ap.), loca-(Jain Sk.)'='plucking of hair preparatory to taking ordination or renunciation'; cf.also MW. luñic-= 'pluck, pull out', /aluñc-'to tear into pieces' and ulluñcana-'the act of pulling or tearing out, plucking out (e.g, the hair.)'
21. Abuttha-11 25 2 'three and a half'
[ardhacaturtha (gl.); cf. ahutṭha- occurring in this sense in PC. II; cf.G. uth, umthu 'three and a half'. ahuttha- is dervied from Sk. ardha-catusta..] 22. Ukkhamdhe- €0 20 5 (v. 1. okhamdhi) 'in order to attack'.
[The meaning given in the gloss, namely "asvam aruhya" appears to be a free guess. The relevant passage is- "ukkhamdhe gau kesava-namdanu"- 'Keśavanandana went in order to fight'; cf. PSM. ukkhamdha-, okkhamdha- avaskanda 'siege, attack'; cf. ukkhamdha- occurring in the sense of 'attack, invasion' in PC. II and PC. III. So, 'attack' is a more likely meaning than 'riding on a horse'. ukkhamdha- is connected with Sk. avaskanda-, 'attack, assault'.)
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Utthalla 14 10 1 (v. 1. ucchalla-) 'surging up, spraying up'. salilutthalla- jalenotpatitaḥ (gl.); cf. utthall-ucchal-, 'fly upwards' (H. 4 174), utthalla parivartana-, 'turning round violently' (D. 1 93) and utthallapatthalla- pārsva.dvayena parivartanam, 'turning on both the sides' (D. 1 122, Tr. 2 1 30, 41); cf. Vutthall- occurring in the sense of 'be thrown up' in PC. I. Bh. and ucchal-in JC; cf. G. uthal-vu- 'to be set upside down, get displaced violently'.]
From an etymological point of view utthall-is connected with Sk. ud+sthal-, 'to leave one's original position, be displaced'; cf. H. uthal puthal 'to make upside down, loose balance and fall topsyturvy'. Jutthall-is generally associated with uprooting some solid thing or object. The same meaning is found in Gujarati; cf. G. uthal-vu 'to be set upside down, be dislodged', uthlav-vu 'to cause to tumble down' and uthal-pathal- 'a turning upside down'. The commentator connects utthalla- with druma-, 'tree'. But the
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