Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates 鈥楾own Planning (5): Roads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.
Town Planning (5): Roads
础尘补谤补办辞艣补 mentions synonyms of a road and its kinds in the Bh奴 varga (II.1.16-20) some of them are鈥�ayanam鈥搑辞补诲, 补迟颈辫补苍迟丑腻岣� -a good road, vyadhva鈥揳 bad road, 补辫补苍迟丑腻岣�鈥搘rong road, 艣峁涐箙驳腻峁璦办补-junction of four roads, 辫谤腻苍迟补谤补尘鈥搇ong and lonesome way, 办腻苍迟腻谤补尘补 difficult road, 驳丑补峁囜弓腻辫补迟丑补岣�鈥揌ighway and 耻辫补苍颈峁补谤补尘-a street. Some remarks of 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 on these are as follows:
(a) 艢峁涐箙驳腻峁璦办补 (II. 1. 18; p. 73)鈥�
[Junction of four roads:]
础尘补谤补办辞艣补 mentions it as synonymous to 肠补迟耻艣辫补迟丑补. 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 adds 蝉补峁僺迟丑腻苍补办补 and catvara to denote the same鈥�
sa峁僺thanaka峁� catvara峁� ca |
(b) 骋丑补峁囜弓腻辫补迟丑补岣� (II. 1. 19; p. 73)鈥�
[Highway:]
础尘补谤补办辞艣补 mentions 蝉补峁僺补谤补峁嘺 as its synonym.
碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 explains 驳丑补峁囜弓腻辫补迟丑补岣� as that which is characteristic of the ringing of the bells of elephants and he also gives the view of 碍补耻峁璱濒测补 (II. 4. 3) who opines that the royal highway, (and roads in 诲谤辞峁嘺尘耻办丑补, 蝉迟丑腻苍墨测补, the country-side and pasture-lands, as well as paths in harbour towns a cremation ground and village) should be eight 诲补峁囜笉补蝉 (in width)鈥�
驳丑补峁囜弓辞辫补濒补办峁迟腻苍腻峁� 丑补蝉迟颈苍腻峁� panth膩 驳丑补峁囜弓腻辫补迟丑补岣� c膩峁嘺kyokto'峁ａ弓ada峁囜笉a岣� |
(c) 鲍辫补苍颈峁补谤补尘 (II. 1. 19; p. 73)鈥�
[A street:]
础尘补谤补办辞艣补 defines it as a street.
碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 explains it as a suburban city where military forces were stationed鈥�
tat蝉补峁僺补谤补峁嘺峁� 辫耻谤补峁� 谤腻箩补诲丑腻苍墨 迟补蝉测腻 upani峁ar膩khyamupani峁墨ryate'tra sainyamiti |