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Note on the Word Kagini
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the sense of a jewel of a sovereign king, the difficulty arises as to how the same word I To had got currency in the Jain literature in both the senses viz. a cowrie and a jewel of a cakravartin, The Paumacariya is not the sole work to refer to this word as a jewel of a king. The Fry72 refers to this word such as FEU etc, in the first chapter. It also occurs in the same sense in garzina. The Sanskrit commentary on thls word in the नायाधम्मकहाओ is as follows. 4
काकणिः चक्रवर्तिनो रत्नविशेषः । तस्य लक्षणं विषापहरणादियोगावर्तकविज्ञानम् औपपातिकसमवायांगोक्तस्य चक्कलक्खण इत्यस्य कागणीलक्खणं इत्यत्र-समावेशः ........।
From this context it seems that kāgint is not only a jewel but a jewel with medicinal value, since it is believed to drive away the effect of polson etc. The 3f79TATISTES HITS says as follows :
afere angajarac #rfulzaut a 92 garáfeg stafforg...... and also 372a1afuff#071777' .... Felain 8.2. etc.
The kāgini is one of the 14 jewels of a sovereign king and it has 6 facets, eight angles and 12 sides but here its medicinal value is not men. tioned. The 14 jewels of a cakravartin are as follows:
019 - T ag - gillet - 971 - 7975–179-572t - 74-99-974-AO#alfruit-zamand .
The Paumacariya says at 4-76 that the sovereign king Bharata marked men who came to his house by the help of kāgini jewel etc. It is the belief of the Jaing that a sovereign king bag 14 jewels and one of them is a kāgint jewel.
The word kāgiņi as jewel is explained as under, The 37999 says #1135011 - 37 ARÉTETTİ TAHSET: The Sanskrit English Dictionary by Wilson explains this word as les or a jewel worn by a neck of a central jewel in the necklace. The Tachst speaks of this word in the sense of ano. Even the Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary explains the word as a lefor...?. Along with this word the Sanskrit Dictionarles record the word 2147 and - meaning a jewel. The P. S, M, records
4. Vide range UTE — 1st part by H, W. Ghasilal Maharaj (1963). 5. See Volume 5 page 1102, 6. Vide effT EE HET Vol. 3 p. 1102. 7. See Volume 2 page 175. 8. see T 2 , Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Wilson & Apte.
