Book Title: Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 4 Author(s): R P Poddar Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa MujjaffarpurPage 34
________________ Some Reflections on the Commentaries af Paesikahāṇayaṁ But these explanations are not suitable. The word actually signifies कर signifies the = to move. It is motion', एरिज्जमाणे 'green foliage moving to and fro', fra means green. branches of trees. "f' has its genesis in comparable with Pali 'एरेति' which means to set in therefore means 'moving'. V also means 'to shake'. is described to be looking beautiful not because of its green vegetation merely but due to the green branches of trees moving to and fro in a gentle breeze. Thus in the said description the forest has been personified and said to be expressing its joy by dwinging its branches. So here the forest मुणिज्जइ 20 6 This word may be derived from / to rub. It therefore means 'is rubbed and thrashed.' The commentators interpret this word in the sense of 'separation from the husks'. 27 This may be the outcome of 'मुणिज्जइ' but it cannot be identified with the activity denoted by the word in question. gefgara128 The commentators interpret this word as more suitabiy rendered as दुरध्यास: (दु: + अधि + suffer or bear. 25 rr29. But it can be आस्) meaning difficult to पविद्धावणगं ३० This is described as a rite connected with the birth-day celebration."1 But it is more appropriate to take it for a ceremony in which the child is taught to greet, (f). Here different rites of consecration are described. The preceding epithet to the one in question refers to the solemnization of the first-uttering ceremony of the child. The following one speaks of the first-walking ceremony and several other rites follow Jain Education International 26. ...खलवाडे उच्छदुब्यइ उडुइज्जइ मलइज्जइ मुणिज्जइ 27. (r) is known i. e. separated or found out from the husks ·faar gaar zur gefgarat.... 28. 29. Very distressing, painful and unbearable (3) --R. C. Tripathi 30. नामधिज्जकरणं च पजेमणगंच पडिवद्धावणगंच 31. (fafa?) Lit. every month of growth; rather every birth-day; here, a rite connected with the birthday. -R. C. Tripathi For Private & Personal Use Only .. .. www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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