[INDOLOGY] Kad(h?)imarkara

[Lubomír Ondračka]

Dear Greg,

Apte has also this word (kandhiḥ: The ocean -f. The neck ) and he adds an interesting definition: "kaṃ śiro jalaṃ vā dhīyate 'tra" (see also the previous entries: kandhaḥ: a cloud, and kandharaḥ: 1. the neck, 2. 'the holder of water', a cloud).

This definition apparently comes either from the Vācaspatyam (kaṃ śirojalaṃ vā dhīyate 'tra ādhāre ki; vol. 7, p. 1650, Calcutta ed.) or the Śabdakalpadruma (kaṃ śiraḥ samudrapakṣe jalaṃ dhriyate yatra; vol. 2, p. 21, Chaukhambha reprint). 

Vācaspatyam and Śabdakalpadruma also quote their source: Rājanirghaṇṭaḥ (= Rājanighaṇṭu =  Abhidhānacūḍāmaṇi = Nighaṇṭurāja). But this is again a lexicon, so it does not help much. Anyway, it might be useful to look at it (it was published in 1896, ASS 33).

The Oriya Lexicon (vol. 2, p. 1303) has the word 'kandhi' and gives two meanings: 1. shoulder, 2. ocean, the sea. But I do not know whether it also takes this word from some Sanskrit lexicon, or whether it is indeed used in Oriya text(s).

Best,
Lubomir



On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:11:52 +0000
Greg Bailey via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> A friend who is not a member of the list has asked me about any Sanskrit references to kadi- or kadhi-markara, which must be kadhimakara. The latter part of the compound is common everywhere, but has anybody seen ka(ṃ)dhi used in the meaning of “sea” or with any meaning. MW gives kaṃdhi as referring to sea, but provides no references. BR gives it as Meer (dam Wasser) + dhi haltend).
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> I checked up a number of texts on Gretil, but came up blank. Any help would be appreciated.
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> Cheers,
> 
> Greg Bailey
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> 
> "Kadimarkara is  one example among many of possible Skt-Indonesian loans in Australia.  It's accepted that 16 Indic loans are in north Australia languages from Macassan Indonesian contacts."
>