Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates 鈥楩lora (13): Grasses鈥� 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 鈥渓exicography鈥� 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 (13): Grasses
A fitting finale for the V anau峁dhi varga happens to be the grass family.
(a) Gundra (II. 4. 162; p. 122):
Darbha grass is known as gundra. 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 remarks that gundra is a popular variety of darbha 驳谤补蝉蝉鈥�
gundro darbhavi艣e峁 谤奴岣峢补岣� |
测补诲腻丑耻岣モ赌�
darbh膩峁嚹佱箖 sthane 艣arai岣� prasaritavyam |
(b) 艢补谤补
艢补谤补 is yet another grass which can be substituted for darbha.
(c) Aromatic grass
Aromatic grass varieties are vividly described as 痴墨谤补峁嘺峁�, 惫墨谤补迟补谤补尘, 耻艣墨谤补尘, abhayam, naladam, 补尘峁涐箛腻濒补峁� and 箩补濒腻艣补测补. These occur in different parts of India, some indegenous only to northern India. 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 has pointed out that Amarasi峁僪a has not distinguished between 耻艣墨谤补, 濒腻尘补箩箩补办补 and 补尘峁涐箛腻濒补 since they are distinctly different species of grass and they do not warrant their placing as synonyms.
(d) 础尘峁涐箛腻濒补
础尘峁涐箛腻濒补 in 顿惫测补谤迟丑补办辞峁 denotes 濒腻尘补箩箩补办补 as well as 耻峁Ｄ玶补. 厂别惫测腻 also denotes the two. This led Amara to deduce 补尘峁涐箛腻濒补 and 蝉别惫测腻 as synonyms鈥�
?摆鈩谤迟丑别'尘峁涐箛腻濒补峁� 濒腻尘补箩箩补办补m耻艣墨谤补峁� ca |
迟补迟丑腻 蝉别惫测补峁� 濒腻尘补箩箩补办补m耻艣墨谤补峁� ceti |
驳谤补苍迟丑补办峁泃迟耻 蝉别惫测腻m峁涐箛膩layornalado艣墨raik膩rthatv膩d 产丑谤腻苍迟补岣� |