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गोलोमकम् (golomakam)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
golomakam, adv., seemingly in the manner of a cowʼs hair: Mvy 〔9331〕 na go° keśaś (so also Mironov
Kyoto ed. v.l. keśāc
read keśāṃś, keśaṃ? or assume acc. form of s-stem keśas, q.v.?) chedayet
Tib. skra chan pas mi breg (dreg), not cut hair with scissors (!)
Chin. simply hair not cut off
Jap. like a cowʼs hair
corresp. to Pali Vin. 〔ii.134.11〕 (massuṃ …) na golomikaṃ kārāpetabbaṃ
comm. 〔1211.3〕 hanukamhi dīghaṃ katvā ṭhapitaṃ eḷakamassukaṃ (!) vuccati
SBE 〔20.138〕 transl. nor like a goatʼs beard
but how can go- mean (sheep or) goat? The Tib. and Chin. renderings, with the Pali gloss, suggest that the real mg. was forgotten in both traditions.