[Y-Indology] kiriTi: the fruit of the marshy date tree

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On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 07:34:13PM -0000, lighthisertim wrote:

 

> Apte and MW both define >>kiriTi<< as the >>fruit of the marshy date

> tree<<.

>

> Unfortunately, they do no enlist any references.

>

> Thus, I am looking for primary textual references to this fruit.

 

Boethlingk and Roth give only one reference in their Sanskrit

dictionary. According to them it is found in Puru.sottamadeva's

Trik-a.n.da'se.sa 2.4.42 (see Boethlingk, Otto ; Roth, Rudolph:

Sanskrit-Woerterbuch, Theil 2, col. 291, s.v. kiri.ti).

Trik-a.n.da'se.sa is a lexicographical work (meant as an addition to the

Amarako.sa).

 

Hope it helps

Peter Wyzlic