Re: [INDOLOGY] meṭa 'a whitewashed storeyed house' L.

[Arlo Griffiths]

Dear Victor,

Many thanks. This, I presume, will have been Monier Williams' source.

Best wishes,

Arlo

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:47:25 -0600
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] meṭa 'a whitewashed storeyed house' L.
From: vbd203 at googlemail.com
To: suresh.kolichala at gmail.com
CC: arlogriffiths at hotmail.com; indology at list.indology.info

Dear Arlo,
In Oppert's edition of the Vaijayantī मेट occurs on p. 161 l. 57 (https://archive.org/details/Vaijayanti). In his glossary he lists the definition as "m, white washed upstair (sic) house." Later editions of this kośa should probably be consulted as I've found a number of discrepancies between Oppert's text and citations in commentaries and the commentators seem to have a superior reading.


All the Best,Victor

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Suresh Kolichala <suresh.kolichala at gmail.com> wrote:

Don't know about a Kośa reference, but the word clearly betrays a Dravidian connection. See [DEDR 4796] and [CDIAL 9996]. 


Burrow discusses this word in "Dravidian Studies VII", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 12,No. 2 (1948), pp. 365-396 (See entries 259 and 275).


275. meṭa- m. a whitewashed, storied house, L. [Pkt. meḍaya-; Guj. meḍī, meḍo an upper storey, etc.].    ~ Te. mēḍa a house of two or more stories, Ta. mēṭai raised floor, platform, terraced house. Cf. māḍi.



Regards,Suresh.

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths at hotmail.com> wrote:








Dear colleagues,

I am trying to find the source for this "L." entry in Monier-Williams. Normally, one finds a Kośa reference by checking in PW, or if that fails in pw. Neither PW nor pw seems to have been Monier-WIlliams' source, and the Nachträge don't contain this lemma either. So I am at a loss. Can anyone tell me in what source Monier-Williams may have found this word? Or, more interestingly, can anyone tell me where it is attested, whether "lexicographically" or elsewhere?



Thank you. Best wishes,

Arlo Griffiths
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