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I n t h e P ai~ fi ci p a s s a g e w h i c h o c c u r s i n t h e K u v a l a y a m ~ l f t t h e G a n g e s i s d e -s c r i b e d a s p a t i c c h i t a n a v a t i b h d g a - n a y a n a - j a t . d k a l @ ' o t a r a - n i v d s a - " h a v i n gg a i n e d a n a b o d e i n th e m a t t e d h a i r o f t h e T h r e e - e y e d O n e " . T h e o l d e rm a n u s c r i p t o f th e J e s a l m e r Ja i n B h a n d a r a h e r e re a d s bhat. t .d-kat .@pdta-n i v d s a - , 1 w i t h a l o n g d i n p p d w h i c h s e e m s o r i g i n a l l y t o h a v e b e e n t h em ~ t r ~ o f ( k a t . a ) p o t a < r a > - . F o r t h e g e m i n a t e p p see I I J , I , p . 232 .T h e m o r e r e c e n t m a n u s c r i p t o f t h e B h a n d a r k a r I n s t i t u te h a s th e c o r r e c tr e a d i n g j a t . d k a t @ o t a r a - . 2 I n t h e c r i t i c a l e d i t i o n o f th i s P a ig f tc i f r a g m e n t inI I J , I ( 1 9 5 7 ) , p . 2 3 5 t h i s r e a d i n g w a s e m e n d e d t o j a t . a k a l @ o t a r a - o n t h es u p p o s i t i o n t h a t l i n S k t . k a l @ a - is th e o r i g i n a l p h o n e m e a n d t h a t .td i nt h e P a ig g c i f o r m o f th e w o r d a c c o r d i n g l y m u s t b e a n e r r o r o f a co p y i s t,d u e t o t h e p r e c e d i n g . td i n jar.d-. I n t h e r e c e n t l y p u b l i s h e d t e x t o f t h eP r a k r i t K u v a l ay a m f d f t, h o w e v e r , U p a d h y e m a i n t a i n s t h e r e a d i n g k a t . @ a -o f t h e t w o M S S.3 R e c o n s i d e r a ti o n o f t he f o r m h a n d e d d o w n s h o w s h i mt o b e r i g h t.

I n a r e v i e w o f M a y r h o f e r ' s e t y m o l o g i c a l d i c t io n a r y i n M u s e u m 64( 1 9 5 9 ) , p . 2 1 2 a t t e n t i o n w a s d r a w n t o a p o s s i b le e t y m o l o g i c a l c o n n e x i o no f S k t . k a l @ a - w i t h P k t . k a . d a p p a - , m . " s a m ~ h , n i k a r , k a l @ " , w h i c h s u r -v i v e s i n M a r . ka .dap ,n . " a h a n d f u l o f s ta l k s o f c o rn , a s p l a c e d l o o s el yd o w n d u r i n g t h e r e a p i n g " , G u j . ka.rap. I n t h e c o m m e n t a r y o n H e m a -c a n d r a ' s D e ~ ? n 6 m a m d l d 2 .1 3 t h e S a n s k r i t f o r m o f t h is w o r d i s g i v e n a sk a . ta p r a - : k a . da p p o k a t .a p r a ~ a b d a b h a v o ' p y a s t i. S a c a k a v f n d r h n d t i p r a s i d d h ai t i n ibaddha .h . Ka .dappo vas t ra i ka de~ a i t i k e c i t . W h e n I s u g g e s t e d t h a tt h is is m e r e l y a S a n s k r i t iz a t i o n o f th e P r a k r i t w o r d , I o v e r l o o k e d t h e f a c tt h a t Z a c h a r i a e h a d a l r ea d y p r o p o u n d e d t h e s a m e e x p l a n a ti o n i n his1 Folio 58 V, line 2a . See the photo grap h in B S O A S , X I I (opposite p. 664). In IIJ,I, p. 240 thi~ was incorrectly given as bhat.t.a-. (Other errors are p. 232, 1.15 jalalav-fo r salilalav- and p. 235, 1.3 cchaccarana fo r chaccarana-.)Folio 35.R, 1.16. See the photograph in IIJ, I, opposite p. 229.3 A.N. "Upadhye, Kuvalayam ala (Prak.rtabha.sanibaddha camp asvar@ a ma hakatha),pratham bhag, mfd katha granth (Singhi Jain Series N r. 4 5), Bom bay 1959, p. 71, 1.23.

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BRIEF COMMUNICATION 297Beitriige zur indisehen Lexicographie, p . 5 8. ~ T h e s u g g e s t e d c o n n e x i o no f kaldpa- w i t h P k t . ka.dappa- i m p l i e s t h a t b o t h f o r m s a r e d e r i v e d f r o ms o m e n o n - A r y a n s o ur ce . O f t h e v a r ia n t f o r m s *kaddpa- a n d ka.dappa- t h ef ir st h a s b e c o m e ka ldpa- (>Pkt . ka ldva-) , w h e r e a s t h e s e c o n d f o r m o c c u r sa s a n i n d e p e n d e n t b o r r o w i n g i n t w o W e s t e r n v e r n a c u l a rs . T h e f a c t t h a tb o t h M S S . r e a d kat.dpa- e n t i t l e s u s t o e x p l a i n t h i s f o r m a s t h e s p e c i f i cP a ig ft ci d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e s u g g e s t e d o r i g i n a l *ka.ddpa-. I t s h o u l d b en o t e d t h a t t h e a s s o n a n c e ja t .d-katd(pa)- c a n n o t b e a d d u c e d a s a n a rg u -m e n t i n f a v o u r o f t h e a u t h e n t i c it y o f t h is r e a d i n g s in c e th i s c o m p o u n dm u s t b e a n i m i t a t io n o f S k i. jat.dkaldpa-, w h i c h i s a t t e s t e d a s e a r l y a sK g l i d ~ s a , V i k r a m . 5 .1 9 ( cf . ke~akal@a- D a g a k u m . p . 3 4, 1 . I 1 e d . A g a s h e ,e tc .) . 5 A s a r e s u l t o f th i s t e x t c o r r e c t i o n t h e w o r d s " U n v o i c e d .d o c c u r s i nkat.dpa-" s h o u l d b e a d d e d i n th e d i s c u ss io n o f i n s ta n c e s o f " d e v o i c i n g "in P a i g a J ( I IJ , I , p . 232 f . ) .

C o n s e q u e n t l y a ll I E . a n d D r a v i d i a n e t y m o l o g i e s t h a t h a v e b e e n s u g -g e s t e d f o r S k t . kaldpa 6- m u s t b e d i s ca r d e d . F u t u r e a t t e m p t s a t a n e x p la -n a t i o n w i l l h a v e t o s t a r t f r o m *ka.ddpa-. T a m i l [ i n ka[dvam " g i r d l e "b e s i d e ka ldpam " w o m a n ' s z o n e ( e tc .) '7 m a y b e i rr e le v a n t , b u t B H S k t .kajdva-, ka.sava- (ka.saca-) " a h i g h n u m b e r " b e si de kaldpa-, id . m a y b e o fs o m e im p o r t a n c e . H o w e v e r , th is n e e d n o t n e c e s s a ri ly p o i n t t o a D r a v i -d i a n a l v e o l a r s t o p , a n d s o i t m i g h t b e t e m p t i n g t o c o m p a r e T a m i lkat.t.u- " t o t ie , f a s t e n " ( D E D . 9 61 ) o n a c c o u n t o f T o d a ko t . " k n o t , b u n d l e ,a m u l e t " , K a n n a d a kat.t.u " b a n d , t i e , b u n d l e " , gat.t.e " b a l e , b u n d l e " ,K o d a g u k~'.t.t~ '" k n o t , b u n d l e " , T u l u katt.u " b a n d , t i e , b u n d l e , r e g u l a t i o n ,b o n d " . O n th e o th e r h a n d t r a ce s o f D r a v . ka.d- b e s i d e kat.t.- ( T a m i l kat.ai" c l a s p , f a s te n i n g o f a n e c k o r n a m e n t " D E D . 9 3 1 ? ) a r e t o o d o u b t f u l t os u p p o r t t h i s e x p l a n a t i o n . T h e o r i g i n o f kaldpa- i s s t il l u n k n o w n . [ S ee n o wT u r n e r , A Comparat ive Diet . o f the Indo-Aryan Languages , N r s . 2 65 2 a n d2 9 3 1 , a n d e l . S k r . kadamba(ka)- , n .]

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The w ord occurs very seldom in the Sanskrit li terature (see references in Z achariae'sbook), b ut frequently in Prakrit. Th e clearly erroneous suggestion in Proto-MundaWords,p. 55 n. 69 should b e deleted.5 Unless this should be an imitation ofjat.dkatdpa- in the B.rhatkathfi.6 Fo r the IE. etymologies see Walde-Pokorny, VergIeiehendes W rrterbuch der idg.Sprachen, I. p.498 and Mayrhofer, Kurzgefasstes Wrrterbuch I, p. 181. The suggestedconnexion with Tam. kalappu "mixture" , etc. (Burrow, B S O A S , XII , p. 3 71; cf .Kittel, A Kanna.da-English Dictionary, Preface p. XXXIX, Nr. 353: kaI- "to join,attach") has been omitted in D E D . 1092 and 1097.7 Note degi ka.dappa- "'vastraikade~a.h" (Hemacandra) and Pali kaldbuka-, n. "agirdle, mad e o f several strings o r bands plaited together".