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सोपारक (sopAraka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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Sopāraka (once in late Skt., pw
Sopāra, °raya
for Skt. Śūrpāraka
Divy v.l. Sūr°, Pali Suppāraka
see also Supāraga, Saupāraka), n. of a city and country: yadā Thapakarṇi gṛhapati °rakāto (so with mss.) mahāsamudram okasto Mv 〔i.245.3〕. Sūrpāraka or Śūr° in Divy (〔24.10 ff.〕) is the home of this merchant and his brothers, including Pūrṇa
likewise Stavakarṇika belongs to Saupāraka in Av 〔ii.166.6〕
Senart misunderstands and em. wrongly.