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धृतराज्य (dhRtarAjya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
dhṛtarājya, apparently a kind of bird (haṃsa?) with a pleasant voice (cf. Skt. dhārtarāṣṭra, BHS Dhṛtarāṣṭra 2, and BR s.v. dhṛtarāṣṭra 3): LV 〔43.21〕 (vs) parivārayātha dhṛtarājya- (Calc. °rāṣṭra)-manojñaghoṣaṃ devyābhayārtha (Tib. understood a bird of the haṃsa type, ṅaṅ skya, rendered by Foucaux cygne). The syntax is not clear
the cpd. °ghoṣaṃ ought seemingly to be acc. sg. fem., agreeing with Māyā understood (°ṣaṃ, fem., MIndic for °ṣāṃ?). But Tib. seems to make it agree with the retinue prescribed by the impv. parivārayātha.