hastināga (17657)
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|bhs-entry= | |bhs-entry=(hastinAga, hastinAga)<br><b>hastināga</b>¦, m. (= Pali hatthi°, see PTSD s.v. nāga, [Page619-a+ 70] and Andersen's Reader, Glossary, <i>an excellent elephant</i>), acc. to pw (citing Divy) <i>ein fürstlicher Elephant</i>; this fits some BHS passages well enough, and may be meant in Pali Vv. comm. 37.8 hatthināga as gloss on nāga of text (this elephant was indeed a fine one); but it is not always clear that it means more than (any) <i>elephant</i> (they are all noble beasts); one suspects sometimes that hasti- may be prefixed to distinguish this from nāga, <i>serpent</i>: Mv ii.70.7; 74.12 ff.; Divy 74.2 ff.; 286.28 f.; 334.15 (read with mss.); 370.26. (In late Skt. Hastināgapura occurs as n. of a city, Schmidt, Nachträge; and acc. to Sheth, Pkt. Hatthiṇāgapura, or the like, = Hastināpura.) | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 15 September 2021
- hastināga
Entry 17657, Page 618, Col. 2 -
(hastinAga, hastinAga)
hastināga¦, m. (= Pali hatthi°, see PTSD s.v. nāga, [Page619-a+ 70] and Andersen's Reader, Glossary, an excellent elephant), acc. to pw (citing Divy) ein fürstlicher Elephant; this fits some BHS passages well enough, and may be meant in Pali Vv. comm. 37.8 hatthināga as gloss on nāga of text (this elephant was indeed a fine one); but it is not always clear that it means more than (any) elephant (they are all noble beasts); one suspects sometimes that hasti- may be prefixed to distinguish this from nāga, serpent: Mv ii.70.7; 74.12 ff.; Divy 74.2 ff.; 286.28 f.; 334.15 (read with mss.); 370.26. (In late Skt. Hastināgapura occurs as n. of a city, Schmidt, Nachträge; and acc. to Sheth, Pkt. Hatthiṇāgapura, or the like, = Hastināpura.)
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