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768) EU = 67, (cerebralisation of according to HS. VIII, 1.218), the process of being burnt i.e. heated in fire. 471 = stofu (cf. Marathi FTFU), (cf. Fagan, st. 729), the process of being rubbed on a stone (i.e. a touch-stone). Nu is a Locative singular form, the Locative being used in the sense of fafat or cause, The same holds.good in the case of गुंजाहलसमतुलणे. खंडण, the process of being cut into pieces with a chisel etc. (for examination of the inside). JATEGAHSEU = JFITË AH ( = #T) Tesut, because of being balanced against guñjā berries (which are used in weighing small quantities of gold). so and 'qsot can also be taken as equal to EU (= qusa) and gsut (= qsua), Instrumental singular forms in the manner of Apabhramía. See remarks on facho", st. 729.
769) fisk=faat. oft is recorded at HS. VIII.4.132 as a धात्वादेश for vखिन्. Supply - पुरिसेण as subject of the verbal form जूरिज्जई. जूरिजइ किं न जए, how can one fail to be sorry or. distressed in this world? Th 7 TTT 39778, how can old age (and a sense of frustration or despondency) not come (upon a person)? 31778 = 37111581d. The root is 219 (= 391 + 7) to come with change of I to Cf. the verbal form aflate (goza or 3914184) in. st. 784, and the form 3193 in st. 07, which is equated with tê by the commentator. F = F = 33. We should really expect 7 (af) instead of जह. सबखर (un inflected form) stands tor सक्खरी (3साक्षरः), lettered, having the figures (numbers) embossed or stumped upon it. It qualifies नाराओ (=नारायः, the iron bar or beam to which the scales of a grocer's or goldsmith's weighing machine are attached). ai = 01= = afant, sugar (cf, Marathi, Estata). ea also means chalk. The use of the uninflected forms fqet and ai is an Apabhramśa trait. The idea seems to be that the weighing balance, used by a grocer for measuring out sugar and similar other substances, is lettered i.e. is accompanied by markings of the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. to show the weight of the substance weighed in the balance. * (= Arat) also means literate, educated, cultured. facaat = facut: unlettered, not having the numbers 1, 2, 3 etc. embossed upon it. 90 d = 119 que, a piece or lump of gold. The idea seems to be that, the gold-weighing balance used by a goldsmith for determining the weight of gold ornaments or unwrought chunks of gold is unlettered, i.e. does not have any markings of the numbers 1, 2, 3 etc. to show the weight of the
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