Mahapurana of Puspdanta

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

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DEŚYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
164. Ramgāvali - 41 6 5, 46 2 9, 52 14 3 'auspicious decorative designs
drawn on the floor generally at the entrance of the house' [PSM. does not note it. cf. rangāvali- occurring in this very sense in JC. (1 22 7), NC.. PC. II; cf. M. rängoļi, G. rangoļi, Kon. rangoli- 'a line or figure drawn before an idol or on the floor with a powder made by pounding particular soft stones.' Connected with Sk, rangat āvali. ]
195. Ramjaņa-5 19 11, 93 2 4 'an earthern water jar.'
(=alañjara-, aliñjara-, jalabhajana-, alañjala-(gl.); cf. ramjaņa-Eghata-, 'a pot' and kunda, 'a basin or bowl' (D 7 3, Tr. 34 72, 836; Pai. 683); cf. M. ranjan-- 'a large eartlern water-jar, ramiana- is connected witb Sk. alañjara-, *arañjana-, ' a small earthern water-jar'. ]
196. Ranaranaa-11 18 9 'strong dislike for anything during separation,
absence of pleasure arising from longings of love.'
(= aratijanaka(gl.). The relevant expression is -“ raņi rañaranai ”- in a battle causing or generating anxiety, uneasiness, torment'; cf. PSM. Tanarana-(D)= niḥśvāsa-, udvega-, pida-, utkantha, autsukya; rana.ranaa - occurs in SR. at 131 apd is rendered "asukha (autsukya) The relevant passage is - “taha añarai ranaraṇau asuhu asahartiyahar, dussahu malaya-samiraņu mayayaņākamtiyahar"-' Torn by restlessness, yearning and misery, love lorn, I found the Malaya Wind unbearable'; cf, Tanaranaya- in this very sense in Vajjā. (229), KC Connected with Sk. ranarana-; cf. MW, ranarana-(L)= 'a longing, desire, wish, regret (for a lost object)' and Apte ranaranaka- longing, anxiety, anxious regret for some beloved object' (Mālatimādhava, Uttararām acarita). But the word appears to be of Prakritic origin. We cannot suggest corresponding Sk. root to which it can be traced' ]
197. Rah-'to conceal, be covered':
rahami (pres.1.s.) 2 4 11; rahaṁti (pres.3.pl. ) 40 9 7; rahi(y)a-(p.p.) 15 12 4, 77 8 9, 82 4 11, 91 19 12. (=go payāmi, rundhanti, acchadayanti, chădita (g1.); cf. PSM. raha--pracchannaConnected with Sk. Nrah-=Ngup- (the root from which rahas-, 'sec
recy' is derived).] 198. Rahatta-27 1 4 'a wheel or machine for raising water from a well'.
fof. PSM. rahatta-- araghaffa; cf. M rahat-- 'a machine (composed of two wheels connected by a beam) for drawing water': cf. Kan. 1āte= a wheel (fixed at the top of the well) for drawing water'. Connected with Sk. araghatta-.]