Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates ‘Flora (10): Roots� 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.
Go directly to: Footnotes.
Flora (10): Roots
(a) 侱ٰ (II. 4. 88; p. 103):
貹ٰ is given as a synonym of ٰ. Citing Dhanvantari ṇṭ (I.229) ṣīr峾 observes that in the 屹ⲹٳṣa (2/60) upaٰ denotes 岹Գī and remarks that Amara has mistaken 岹Գī for Գī�
�
Գī śaṃvarī ٰ Բⲹǻī mūśikāhvayā |
ٲ첹śṇ� ṛṣ ṇḍ putraśreṇyākhuparṇikā |
?™]ٳ upaٰ 岹Գī ṛśn貹ṇ� ceti dantyā� Գī bhrāntyā granthakadupaٰm |
(b) վś (II. 4. 100; p. 106)[1]
[Aconitum heterophyllum:]
ś mentions ṣ� and ṣa as other synonyms of ś.
ṣīr峾 observes that in Dhanvantari Ծṇṭ (I. 10) ṣa is not mentioned as a synonym of ṣ� or վś and that in the ٰⲹٳṣa too ṣa is used to denote ṣa and not ṣ� which is mistaken by Amara�
�
ātiṣ� śuklakandā jñeyā ś ca ṅgܰ |
ś峾첹Ի pratiṣ� śṛṅī copaṣ� ṣ� tathā |
ṣa� tu ṣa� nātiṣ� |
tryarthe tu hi ṣa� ṣa� śuṇṭī śܲԲ� ceti |
ṣ� ś岹� ܻ bhrānto'yam |
(c) ʳṣkū (II. 4. 146; p. 117):
ś gives śī and padmapatra as other synonyms.
ṣīr峾 remarks that Amara has mistaken 貹峾ṇa for 貹峾貹ṇa and thus gives padmapatra�
puṣkaramūle trīṇi nāmāni |
padmapatramiti Գٳṛd Գٲ� 貹峾貹ṇamiti buddhavān |
śī� ṣkᲹṭ� ī� tad貹峾ṇakam |
(d) ṣīr屹ī (II. 4. 100; p. 106):
ś gives ṣīr屹ī and ܲ as synonyms.
ṣīr峾 quotes from Dhanvantari ṇṭ (I. 134) and observes that the physicians read the text as ṣīr and 첹 but the author of ś reads these words as ṣīr屹ī and 첹�
�
�屹ī ṣīrDZī ṣīrśܰ 貹ⲹī |
貹ⲹ ṣīrܰ ī ṣīrvikārikā ||�
ātra ṣīr屹ī vīkāriketi ca granthakṛnmanyate |
kṣīreti vikāriketi tu � |
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
ś ṣ� pratiṣ� ātiviṣopaṣāruṇ� | śṛṅī ṣa� |