Request for help with Telugu

Bindu Bhatt bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Fri Sep 26 15:29:21 UTC 2008


I don't know much of Telugu but happen to know the meaning of "Gundu" 
which is round, globular, spherical. Perhaps by extension gundulu means 
egg.  // Bindu Stephen Hodge wrote:
> I wonder if anybody who knows Telugu can help with this. I have a 
> gloss in Pali on the place name Mora.n.da, the supposed place of 
> origin of Buddhaghosa: "nemaliiti telagu-vohaaro ca morassa, gundalu 
> iti ca a.n.dassa"
>
> I have ascertained that "nemali" is indeed "peacok" (mora), but I 
> can't find any confirmation that "gundulu" is "egg" (or similar) in 
> Telugu.
>
> I would be grateful for any help with this.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Stephen Hodge





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