Book Title: Sanskrit Prakrit Jain Vyakaran aur Kosh ki Parampara
Author(s): Chandanmalmuni, Nathmalmuni, Others
Publisher: Kalugani Janma Shatabdi Samaroha Samiti Chapar
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Semantic Changes in Krta, Tietā, Drāpar and Kalı
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contrary its being wide-period may hinder the process of semantic change The word 'kušala' initially meant 'one who was an expert in uprooting the Kusa grass'. The present popularity is hardly commensurate with its limited scope at the initial stage Another example is 'Pravina' and there may be numerous others.
Notes
1 Dr J F Fleet THE KALIYUGA ERA OF BC 3102
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1911 (pp 479-496 and 675-698)
2 H. Luders THE GAME OF DICE IN ANCIENT INDIA
("'Das Wurfelspiel in alter Indian" an article collected in "Philologica Indica" Gottingen 1940 pp 106-175)
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Vidhura Pandita Jātaka
(91-92)
Here one fact may be noted that the game of dice referred to in the gathas is the one played with the Vibhitaka nuts But the prosc explanation imposes the type played with the four
