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गोमयकार्षी (gomayakArSI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गो—मय—कार्षी
f.
a piece of dried cow-dung,
Divyāv.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
gomaya-kārṣī (or -kāsī), (possibly cf. kasso = paṅkaḥ Deśīn. 〔2.2〕?) perhaps a coating of cowdung, possibly mixed with something else, seemingly applied as purification: (gṛhaṃ saṃmārjitaṃ) sukumārī °kārṣī dattā Divy 〔306.23〕
MSV 〔ii.100.13〕
〔129.16〕
in Divy 〔338.24〕 text (sā kuṭikā siktā saṃmṛṣṭā saṃmārjitā) sukumārī (note same adj.!) gomayakāsiñcānupradattā, but mss. °kāsīñ cānu°, read °kāsi cānu° or °kārṣī cānu°
(gomayena miśrayitvā) yatra caṅkrame tathāgataḥ caṅkramyate tatra gomayakārṣīṃ prayacchati Divy 〔369.5〕, and, tatra gomayakārṣī dattā 7. If -kāṣī may be accepted as the true reading, perh. connected with root kaṣ and meaning something like a rubbing with cowdung.