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A Critical Note on the Word Kāgiṇi

P. M. Upadhyeसंबोधि1977pp. 80–83

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The Prakrit language is very rich in affording the ample material on Deśya words, The Paumacarlya of Vimalasurl is a Präkrit work on the Jaina Rāmāyaṇa and we come across so many words which deserve our attention. In the Paumacariya the Prakrit word Kagini occurs at two pla- ces viz at 4-76 and 118-107. The

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उपाध्ये विमलसूरि के पउमचरिय में आए 'कागिणी' शब्द की जाँच करते हैं, जो एक स्थल पर कौड़ी और दूसरे पर चक्रवर्ती का रत्न है। वे देसीनाममाला, पाइय-सद्द-महण्णवो तथा नायाधम्मकहाओ के प्रमाण जुटाकर पूछते हैं कि एक ही शब्द दोनों अर्थ कैसे वहन करता रहा। Upadhye examines kagini in Vimalasuri's Paumacariya, where it means a cowrie at one place and a cakravartin's jewel at another. He collects the Desinamamala, Paia-sadda-mahannavo and Nayadhammakahao evidence and asks how one word came to carry both senses in Jaina literature.

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Hindi title: A Critical Note on the Word Kāgiṇi
English title: Not yet translated
Diacritical (IAST): Not yet transliterated
Language: English
Author: P. M. Upadhye
Translator: Original — no translation
Tīkākāra (commentator): Not applicable
Editor: Not recorded