Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates ‘Flora (9): Common weed� of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or “lexicography� category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
Flora (9): Common weed
侱ٰ (II. 4. 157; p. 120)�
[Indian wild gourd or bitter apple:]
ś gives ٰ as synonym of ṣ� ś and Իṇ�.
ṣīr峾 remarks that reading the 屹ⲹٳṣa (II. 68), Amara has mistaken ٰ for ś. ṣīr峾 cites Dhanvantari (I. 248) who does not mention the two as synonyms. He tries to justify this reading of Amara by suggesting that ś is a variety of ṣ� and that the term ś is indicative of a big fruit�
āha ca�
Իīṇ� ṣ� indrervāruvṛṣādanī |
岹ī ṣu ṛṣṣ� gavākṣyapi |
?[™]rthe ٰ ś Գī ceti śyāścitratvād bhrānto granthakṛd |
ṣ� viśeṣo vā viśāleti na ṣa� | ś mahāphalatvāt |
āha ca�
ānyendravāruṇ� proktā ś tu |
ٳṣ� ٰ tuvasī trapuṣ� ca sā |