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The origin of ūsurusuṁbhia- is obscure. The initial u (here as also in the synonymous usumbhia-) seems to be an upasarga as has been already suggested. Pk. ūsuṁbh- Sk. ullas- (Siddhahema, 8, 4, 202) obviously derives from Sk. ud-+umbh- 'to shine forth'. Another Pk. osumbh (PSM.) is equivalent to Sk. ava + patay(and Pk. nisumbh Sk. ni- + patay-). These verbal roots seem to be quite different from the basis of usumbhia- meaning 'choked weeping'. If our analysis of usurusuṁbhia- as ū- + surusumbh-+-iais correct, then surusumbh- can be interpreted as an intensive form of sumbh-. Compare the structure of some other more or less obscure Prakrit verbal bases like dhuruḍhull-, tiritill-, bhuruhumd (and a few others like uluumd-, uluhul-, runurunt-, musumūr-, gulugumch, nirinijj-, tiviḍikk-, galagajj-, etc.). As dhuruḍhull- is clearly a reduplicative of dhull- the same relation-ship can be assumed between surusumbh and sumbh-. Another possibility is that surusumbh- is onomatopoetic.
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Our enquiry has shown that the Deśya word under discussion was known in the following forms and meanings :
üsurusumbhia
osurusumbhia
osarasumbhiausumbhia
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(1) choked weeping' (subst.) (2) 'weeping (adj.) with a throat'
choked
(usually due to jealous anger).
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