orphan/orphanage

[Ashok Aklujkar]

On 7/25/06 4:44 PM, "Stephen Hodge" <s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM> wrote:

>there is also an attested (DhN) Pali term "nimmaatapitika" for
> 'orphan'.

Thanks for mentioning this occurrence. The corresponding Skt would be
nirmaat.rpit.rka, a bahu-vriihi, which would not be different in its meaning
from maat.r-pit.r-vihiina/-virahita, a tat-puru.sa, I mentioned.

ashok aklujkar