musāra, musāgalva (12166)

musāra, musāgalva
Entry 12166, Page 436, Col. 1

(musAra, musAra, musAgalva)
musāra, musāgalva¦ (often in Mv, nowhere else), musāragalva (the regular BHS form), musāragalvārka, musālagalva (?), sometimes miswritten susāra(galva, °galvārka) in mss. and even in edd. (Divy 67.18, Mmk 120.22), m. (rarely nt.), a kind of precious stone. Recorded once in Skt., musāragalva, said to mean a kind of coral (pw); otherwise forms with mu- only noted in BHS; but cf. Skt. masāra and masāragalvarka (rarely written °vārka), said to mean sapphire or emerald; Pali masāra- galla, usually said to mean cat's eye, but Burnouf found a Pali Lex. source identifying it with pavāla, coral (Lotus 319 f.) and hence adopted this mg. for BHS, followed by Senart Mv i.415, and doubtfully by Kern SBE 21.147 n. 2; AMg. masāra and °ra-galla, said to mean sapphire; in recent years most interpreters of BHS have left the exact mg. undetermined; it usually occurs in rigmarole lists of various gems (once, at least, pravāla, coral, occurs earlier in the same list, Mv ii.472.1--2); Tib. on Mvy 5956 spug, a gem which Jä. leaves unidentified, while Das gives as Skt. equivalent (kakkatana and) karketana, said to mean cat's-eye (cf. Pali above); clearly masc. gender when unambiguous, as a rule, e.g. Mvy 5956; Divy 51.25, etc., but musāraṃ, n. sg., Mmk 120.22; besides this last, stem musāra Mv iii.323.13 in one ms. (v.l. musāgalva; Senart musāragalva); vaiḍūrya-musāra-pratyuptāṃ Laṅk 3.5; musālagalva (rare) Mvy 5956 (but Mironov musāra°, no v.l.); Mv iii.304.12 (so, or musā-g°, mss., Senart em. musāra°); musāgalva in text, no v.l., Mv i.194.9, 10; 196.17; 249.6; iii.227.7; 228.2, 14; 229.13; 323.16; 324.6; read musā-g°, with most mss. or requirements of meter, i.49.11; 63.2; ii.186.13; text musāra° but mss. divided evenly with v.l. musā°, i.49.14; ii.177.17; 180.14; 191.5; 310.8; 316.8; 472.2; iii.226.11; 232.10; musāragalvārka (cf. Skt. above) Divy 67.18 (ed. susā°); 138.3; the regular form in all texts is, however, musāragalva, Divy 51.25; 115.3; 229.7; 297.25; 502.7; Av i.205.3; Gv 52.15; 89.25; 148.13; Dbh 46.19; Bbh 5.10; 234.1; SP 151.2; 153.4; 239.7; 256.12; LV 383.2, etc.

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