[Re: [colophon verse]]

[Jogesh Panda]

Arlo Griffiths <griffithsa at RULLET.LEIDENUNIV.NL> wrote:

<Does tulii (or turii) really mean 'stylus'? If so, that would solve the
puzzle for me.>


Turner [CDIAL-5904] includes "pencil" as one of the meanings of tUlA, tUlI.
The word in this sense occurs in DivYavadAna. He also mentions the possible
connection to Drav. turi [DED 2790].


<In what kind of mss. do you
find it, Jogesh?>


I have this scribal end-verse in the mss. of BalarAmadAsa's GuptagItA bA
chatisAlekhana, a sixteenth century Oriya poem.

By the way, I prefer 'sthIradRSTiH', eyes intent and fixed on the palm leaf
and stylus.

Best.

Jogesh Panda









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