Karnatakabhashabhushana 7.22
English (machine translation) 7.22
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7.22.1
Likewise for -kāra in corrupted vernacular usage.
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In the domain of words derived as corrupted forms from Sanskrit, gāṟa is the substitute for the word -kāra. And the augment m [occurs] in accordance with usage.
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mālegāṟaṁ [a garland-maker, from mālākāraḥ],
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sammagāṟaṁ [a leather-worker, from carmakāraḥ].
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Because of the mention of 'diversely', elision of the initial [consonant of the suffix] is observed in karmāra and so forth:
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karmāṟaṁ [a blacksmith],
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kammaṟaṁ [a blacksmith],
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kumbāṟaṁ [a potter],
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kumbaṟaṁ [a potter].
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And likewise is the usage of Pampa in the Bhārata:
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"Grabbing and lifting high the bases of the tails of two rutting elephants and crushing them, / while the blood gushing from their mouths was like an eruption of fire, / Bhīma stood like a blacksmith operating the bellows."
Linked texts (1)
- Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit