Indian Epigraphy c16.s8.1

c16.s8.1

Besides the categories discussed above, techinical expressions of various other kinds are often noticed in Sanskrit inscriptions. We have referred in the course of our discussion to words like utkoṭa, umbara, setikā, paṅga, etc. These are not recognised in Sanskrit lexicons. But the first three are found in Prakrit in the forms ukkoḍa, ummara and seiā or seigā, while the last is apparently borrowed from the Dravidian language. There are numerous other cases of these types. Besides there are many expressions of the Deśī class, the meanings of which are uncertain, to some of which reference has been made above. Again, we have sometimes expressions which are Sanskrit, though the meanings in which they are used in the inscriptions are not recognised in the Sanskrit lexicons. Only a few items of the various categories can be mentioned here.