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कशम्बकजात (kazambakajAta)

 
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kaśambaka-jāta (also written kaṣ°, kas°
= Pali kasambu-jāta, with var. kasambuka-j°), acc. to Tib. on Mvy, rotten
this is consistent with the lit. mg. in Pali, applied to a tree the inside of which is rotten, see s.v. avasruta
the orig. mg. was forgotten in Pali at an early time, as the vague and inconsistent Pali comms. show
e.g. Vin. 〔ii.236.26〕, comm. 〔1287.5〕 = ākiṇṇadosataya saṃkiliṭṭhajātaṃ
Pugg.p. 〔27.10〕, comm. 〔207.25〕 either kasambu = kacavara, rubbish, or = tinta-kuṇapa-gataṃ kasaṭa-udakaṃ (evidently guessing): Mvy 〔9139〕 kaṣ° (but Mironov kaś°) = Tib. śiṅ rul ba (rotten) lta bur gyur pa
[Page174-b] follows antarpūty avasrutaḥ (all part of a longer cliché found repeatedly in Pali, e.g. in Vin. and Pugg.p., ll.cc.)
MSV 〔i.50.7〕 kaṣ°
Śikṣ 〔67.20〕 kaśambakajāto aśramaṇaḥ etc. (as in Mvy 〔9143—4〕)
AsP 〔181.20〕 kas°. Could this word be related to kasavva Deśīn. 〔2.53〕, said to have four mgs., (1) stokam, (2) ārdram, wet, (3) pracuraṃ, (4) bāṣpaḥ? By the ‘law of morae’ kasamba could be related to Deśī kasavva.
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*कशम्बकजात Adj. besudelt, unrein, Mahāvy. 278. Vgl. Pāli कसम्बु.