Dear List, 

Two unclear terms: am not sure of their meaning

1st, sanskrit: yakṣi 

(yakṣi oṃuṃsvāhājāpī vidyayaṃ gāruḍī parā /

garuḍoktaṃ gāruḍaṃ hi śṛṇu rudra ! madātmakam // GarP_1,2.59 //

2nd, pali: vāḷasaṅghāṭayanta

appearing in Sumangalavilasini, Buddhaghosa's commentary to Mahaparinibbanasutta:

Sakko deva-rājā Vissakammaṁ āmantetvā: ‘Tāta Ajātasattunā dhātu-nidhānikaṁ kataṁ, ettha ārakkhaṁ ṭhapehī ’ti pahiṇi. So āgantvā vāḷa–saṅghāṭa–yantaṁ yojesi. Kaṭṭha–rūpakāni tasmiṁ dhātu–gabbhe phaḷika–vaṇṇa–khagge gahetvā, vata–sadisena Vegeta anupariyantaṁ yantaṁ yojetvā […]

Your help would be greatly appreciated, 

Z góry dziękuję, 

Artur Karp (ret.)

Chair of South Asian Studies

University of Warsaw

Poland