prakāra? (9834)

prakāra?
Entry 9834, Page 356, Col. 1

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prakāra?¦ in SP 146.5 (vs) puṣpaiḥ (so all mss., KN em. puṣpa-, kept by WT without note) prakāraiḥ sama- laṃkṛtaṃ ca; acc. to Tib. adorned with many flowers (me tog maṅ pos). On the face of the reading of the mss. and the Tib. rendering, prakāra should be an adj., many; it is otherwise known only as a noun, kind, sort. KN's em. hardly helps; with kinds of flowers could not, so far as I know, serve as a substitute for with many kinds…; for this we should expect bahu-, nānā-, or the like, modifying prakāra. I have thought of reading pravāraiḥ, taking it as = pravaraiḥ, excellent, with ā for a m.c.; but Tib. does not support this.

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