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Notes on some Prakrit winds
HC Phayam B 74 'besimal, ghee, que greasy
1. Under 'Desinamālā' 5.22 Kemacandra has noted Pk. go for which he has given, besides others, two meaning - equivalents in Sk.: FEST 'besmeared' and FATTET 'greasy'.
In Hāla's Gāhākosa 909 occurs thrice. In verse no. 22 in the compound expression वण्ण-घिअ-तुप्प-मुहिएँ for which there is a variant reading quq-f39-FTT-HEC. In verse no. 520 also we have वण्ण-घिअ-तुप्प-मुहि. In verse no. 289 occurs तुप्पाणणा which is rendered by a commentator as qafct1611. In Bhuvanapāla's recension we have 74179 for Juruumi, rendered as EarthHiSTOT in the commentary.
In the Jain Āgama 'Daśāśrutaskandha' (8122) occurs quam 'whose ends are bemeared with oil.'
In Hemacandra's Siddhahema grammar 3101F-13'bemeared with the oil of Ankośtha’ is cited in the commentary on 8-1-200.
In the 'Desi Sabda Kośa' Iftqa = af&ta from *Anuyogadvāra-curņi' and fuqy = fare from Vipākas'ruta' are noted.
In the 'Gāhākosa' occurs the denominative 70959 (with variants gufa37, guf1737) 'besmeared with ghee' in verse 529.
In 'Setubandha' (15,38) 9 is used in the sense of ghee'. Past passive participle 3gung 'besmeared' of the verb formed from 24 occurs in Jain Āgamika texts. For example : - 37146-ET -fonfeta-ta (Praśnavyaāņkarana’, chapter 3, in the description of thieves) having limbs drenched and besmeared with oil emitted from perspiration. With gyf we
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