Indian Epigraphy c15.t2.11
Indian Epigraphy c15.t2.11
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c15.t2.11
2 = *yama, yamala, yugala, dvaya, yugma, dvandva, Aśvin* (sometimes also *Aśvina*), *Nāsatya, Dasra*, ‘the eye’ (*locana, netra, akṣi, dṛṣṭi, cakṣus, nayana, īkṣaṇa, ambaka, etc.*), the words meaning other limbs which are in pairs such as bāhu, kara, karṇa, kuca, oṣṭha, gulpha, jānu, etc., pakṣa, kuṭumba, ravi-candra, grahaṇa, nadī-kūla, Rāma-nandana, viṣuvat, ayana, etc. In the Bengal region, the word netra, ‘the eye’, is generally taken to stand for ‘Śiva’s eyes’ and therefore in the sense of 3. Sometimes yuga=2 instead of 4, and pakṣa=15.