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DEŚYA-LIKE ITEMS
199. Rāsa- 12 11 15 'a kind of dance in which the dancers go round and
round holding each others hands and singing'.
(cf. PSM. rāsas, rāsaka, and rāsaga-- in the above sense. At D.2 38 Hem. equates kuddana- with rāsaka-, cf. rāsaka- occurring in this sense in Br K.; cf. G. räs-= 'a circular dance accompanied with singing'. Connected with Sk. rāsa-cf.MW. rāsa-- 'name of a particular rustic dance practised by cowherds (especially) the dance practised by Krsna and the Gopis' (Harivamsa) and rāsaka-= 'a kind of dance' (Har
şacarita). ] 200. Rittha-- 2 11 3 'any public calamity (as an earthquake, eclipse etc.)'.
(=utpata- (gl.); cf. PSM. rittha-(D)= arista-, durita-, 'misfortune'; cf. also
rittha-- arista (Tr. 1 2 109, 10). Derived from Sk. arista-] 201. Rūba- (?) 73 12 7 'the bank, the shore'.
[stata-(gl.). Is it some scribe's mistake for tūha- which is known in the sense of tirtha- in Pk. literature ? It is well-known that ru- and tu- are mistaken in manuscripts. The relevant passage is-" pavālainkurukkera-rahilla-rūho "- '(the ocean) having the shore beautified on account of the heaps of coral- sprouts'. rūha- occurs at JC. 3 3 13 in this very sense. The relevant expression is - "rūhatthalam relliyar"'the bank was flooded'. In Kassavabo rūha. occurs at 4 48. The editor has taken it in the sense of 'a dam' (rodhas) and has sugges
ted that it may be a wrong reading for tūha= tirtha-'] 202. Laudi- 28 24 6, 52 15 7, 76 8 3, 77 13 11, 78 7 10, 88 5 9 (v.l.
lagudi) 'a club, a staff, a stick'.
[=yaşți(gl.); cf. PSM, lauda-=yaşti- and lakkuda= lakuta-, 'a club, cudgel' (D. 7 19). cf. laudi- occurring in this very sense in NC., PC. I, II, Bh. and lakuta- in Br. K. See ND. lauro= 'stick, walking stick'. Connected
with Sk. *lakuți-; cf. Mw. lakuţa-- 'a club' (Āpastamba Sūtra). ] 203. Lakkada— 85 5 4 (vel. lakkuda-) 'wood'.
(cf. lakkuda-- laguda (Tr. 1 3 105, 39); cf. lakkada-- kästha (PC. III); cf, G. lakadu, M. lakud- 'wood, timber'. See ND. lauro= stick'. Connec
ted with Sk. lakuța-] 204. Laggañakhambba - 36 14, 5 19 6 'a supporting pillar'.
(=adhāra (gl.); PSM. does not note it; cf. lagganakharbha- in this very sense occurring in PC.I, PC. II; cf. laggana-taru occurring at NC. 6 12 10. Derived from laggana- (=Sk. lagna-suffix-na-) and kharbha
(Sk, skambha- 'support, prop'). ] 1. Sec Kanisavaho, Upadhye, A.N., Bombay, 1940, notes, p.210,
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