Dear Arlo, you can look it up under the entry "kaseru" (= "Rückgrat"). While PW records the word under kaśeru with a reference to the alternate spelling "kaseru" (as a rule adopted by MW), pw has apparently decided that only kaseru must be the correct spelling. However, for reasons unknown, a reference to the discarded spelling 'kaśeru' was omitted by Böthlingk.
Best wishes, Walter Am So., 10. März 2024 um 05:02 Uhr schrieb Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY < [email protected]>: > Learned colleagues, > > Can anyone help me understand what is intended with paścāccharīra in > connection with elephant cows in the following Kośakalpataru verse? > > paścāccharīre kariṇāṃ striyāṃ tu > bhavej jarāyau carame'dhunārthe | > ārvāgbhave bhedyasamaṃ vadanti > dantacchade puṃsi tathādharaḥ syāt || 83 || > > Actually I am looking for potential synonyms of 'back(bone)' other than > those found in kośa passages such as these: > > - AK 2.5.667 syāc charīrāsthni kaṅkālaḥ pr̥ṣṭhāsthni tu kaśerukā > - AbhCM 627ab kapālakarparau tulyau pṛṣṭhasyāsthni kaśerukā | > - AbhiRM 632–634 asthīni dhātukīkasakulyāni bhavanti tulyāni || 632 || > śarīrasyāsthi kaṅkālaṃ tathā syād asthipañjaram | śiraso'sthi karoṭiḥ syāt > kapālaṃ śakalaṃ ca tat || 633 || śākhāsthi nalakaṃ proktaṃ pṛṣṭhasyāsthi > kaseru ca | > - ŚRĀ asthi kulyaṁ kīkasañ ca kaṅkālo dehakīkase | kaśerukā kaśeruḥ strī > pṛṣṭhāsthani bhaved dvayam || > > And more particularly words beginning with paścāt. I am wondering if > paścāccharīra could be the word I am looking for. > > By the way, since the relative (un)originality of MW data vs. PW/pw is > occasionally at stake on this forum, I found it interesting to see that > kaśeru(kā) in the meaning 'back(bone)' seems not to be recorded in pw (if I > can rely on NWS) whereas MW does have a relevant entry. > > Best wishes, > > Arlo Griffiths > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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