syandanikā (17513)

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syandanikā
Entry 17513, Page 614, Col. 2
(syandanikA, syandanikA)
syandanikā¦ (in Skt., rivulet; on this and the Pali correspondent candanikā see Lévi's long note on Karmav below; acc. to Lévi, the Pali cand° is a deliberate, ironical distortion of syand°, by association with candana, sandal- wood), (1) drain, sewer: SP 144.10 (prose) apagata-syan- danikā-gūthoḍigallaṃ (ep. of Buddhakṣetra), free from drains and cesspools; Karmav 22.10--11 dāru-syandanikā- yāṃ niṣaṇṇaḥ, in a (house-) drain of wood; (2) (= Skt. Lex. syandanī, syandinī), saliva: Māy 219.14; also syan- dinikā, id., Māy 237.25; 253.18 (in the last read syandinikā- hārāḥ for text syandinihārāḥ).

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