Indian Epigraphy c15.t2.13

c15.t2.13

4=‘the Veda’ (veda, śruti, etc.), ‘the sea’ (sāgara, arṇava, amburāśi, abdhi, jaladhi, jalanidhi, ambhonidhi, vārinidhi, ambudhi, jalāśaya, sindhu, vāridhi, etc., later used also in the sense of 7), kendra, varṇa, āśrama, yuga (rarely 2), turya, kṛta, aya, āya, bandhu, koṣṭha, ‘Brahman’s faces’ (Brahm-āsya, Caturānana-vadana, etc.), ‘Viṣṇu’s arms’ (Hari-bāhu, etc.), vyūha, sen-āṅga, khaṭvā-pāda, go-stana, puruṣ-ārtha, etc. For gati in the sense of 4, cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. XXV, p. 336. The words diś, diśā, etc., meaning 10, are sometimes found in the sense of 4. Jala (for jaladhi), dadhi (for udadhi) and vanadhi (mistake for vāridhi ?) are also counted in the same sense.