Jalodara refers to Ascites. Ascites being one of the consequences of Cirrhosis of Liver gives a connection between Jalodara and Liver, Yakrut.
Jalodara is not Edema in general. It is an accumulation of fluid in Udara, Jala + Udara. On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM David and Nancy Reigle via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > There is one important weakness with the "liver" hypothesis for jagrī. > The *Vimalaprabhā* commentary almost certainly glosses jagrī as jalodara, > "edema." This is not as clear in the Sarnath printed edition, which has: > jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān > api jalodarādīni. The phrase "jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān api" is quoted from > the *K**ā**lacakra-tantra*, with the commentary adding jalodarādīni. > However, the two very old palm-leaf manuscripts of the *Vimalaprabhā* show > that the reading is actually jalodarādīn rather than jalodarādīni. Thus: > jagrī-plīhārṣa-rogān > api jalodarādīn. These plural accusatives are objects of the verb hanti. > The neuter jalodarādīni could be understood as adding edema to liver, > etc. But the masculine jalodarādīn is almost certainly glossing the > masculine compound instead of adding something more. So it is glossing the > first word of the compound, jagrī, as meaning jalodara. > > Best regards, > > David Reigle > Colorado, U.S.A. > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- Nagaraj Paturi Kulapati | Vice-Chancellor, INDICA
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