Mahapurana of Puspdanta

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

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DESYA-LIKE ITEMS
56. Kosapāṇa- 73 29 13 'name of an ordeal'.
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[The relevant passage is "nam dahamuha-ramanahu kosapāņu" if (Sita) swore that she would never dally with Ravana'; cf. PSM. kosapaṇa- 'an ordeal' quoting from Gathāsaptasati. Vaidya renders kosapana-with "a sapatha or divya, ordeal which one solemnly undertakes". He compares with this the following passage from GS., 5. 48"samjhasamae jalapuriamjalim vihaḍiekkavama-aram, gorta kosapāņujjaam va pamahāhivam namaha"-'Bow down to Lord Siva (Lord of Pramathas), who at twilight is as it were, out to perform the ordeal Kosapāna for Gauri with his palm cavity filled with water and with his left hand free'. This shows that kośapāna is an ordeal performed in the twilight with a handful of water. Compare MW. netra-kesa- 'the water used at an ordeal or judicial trial (the defendant drinks thrice of it after some idol has been washed in it)' Yajnavalkya Smrti ii, 95; 'an oath' (Rajatarangini 5, 325).]
57, Galamodi-38 4 11 'a twist in the neck'.
[The relevant passage is "nalinaha-karagge chittu jama, galamodi pana. tthi tasu tama"-'when he touched with his lotus-like palms, the twist in her neck disappeared'. Vaidya renders it with gala-vakratva-. It is not noted by PSM. See moḍ-]
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58. Goccha-1 10 9 (v.1. gomcha-), 20 5 8 'a cluster, a bunch'.
[Compare goccha mañjarī, ‘a cluster of blossoms' (D.2 95); cf. goccha occurring in the same sense in PC.I; cf. Kan. goñce= 'a mass, cluster.' Kittel compares Sk. guccha-, guħja-, gutsa- with Kan. kottu, gutti, gudi. goñcal, gone, gole, kuccu, koccu = 'cluster, bunch' and the term kude= 'to be joined". See ND. guccha 'bunch, cluster' for N.I.A. derivatives. goccha is connected with Sk. guccha-; cf. MW. guccha-'a bundle, bunch of flowers, cluster of blossoms' (Gitagovinda). See gomcha- below.] 59. Gomcha-1 3 7 (v.1. goṁdi-), 9 22 12 (v.l. goccha-) ‘a cluster, a bunch'. [Compare gomcha occurring in this sense, in NC. and gumcha- in JC. See goccha-above. For the variant reading gomdi- at 1 3 7 see goṁda-.]
60. Gomini- 9 18 3, 25 4 1, 28 17 1, 46 3 7, 53 10 8, 70 1 10, 85 16 31, 90 2 1, Goddess of wealth'.
[=laksmi (gl. ); PSM. does not note it; Kittel notes gomini- in the sense of the great Lakṣmı': cf.MW. gomin= 'the owner of cattle or cows' and gomini- occuring in Dasakumaracarita as a proper name.] 1. Kannada English Dictionary, preface page XXIII
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