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कणय (kaNaya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
kaṇaya or kanaya (m. or nt.
= Pali id.
on Skt. see below), some kind of weapon, said to be a kind of spear or lance
occurs only in long cpds. consisting of lists of weapons of all kinds: -kaṇaya- LV 〔305.9〕 (no v.l.)
〔306.14〕 (-kan°, v.l. -kanapa-)
〔317.15〕 (several good mss. kanaya-)
-kanaya- LV 〔218.12〕 (no v.l.). The form kaṇaya is recorded as v.l. for kaṇapa in some Skt. passages, BR 〔2.30〕, and twice without record of v.l. in late Skt., see Schmidt, Nachtr. The form kaṇapa is not very common in Skt. itself, see BR l. c. and pw
it is found Mbh. Cr. ed. 〔1.218.24〕 (Calc. 〔1.8257〕) and 〔3.83*〕 (after 〔3.21.32ab〕
Calc. 〔3.810〕 kaṇapa, Bomb. kanapa)
no Mbh. ms. is recorded with ya for pa in either place. Yet it seems probable that the variation between y and p is purely graphic
Pali and BHS clearly support y, which even Skt. sometimes shows as v.l. for p and which may be the original (relatively very few occurrences are noted).
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
कणय m. [pw v.l. für कणप] S I, 464, 7 (= लोहबाणविशेस)
560, 4 (= भूषणनिबन्धनायुधविशेष).