History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.105
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.105
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¹⁰⁷⁴ The word ‘paṅkaja’ literally means ‘springing from mud’ and may apply to every water plant, but it is restricted by usage (rūḍhi) to a lotus plant i. e. the wide literal or etymological (yaugika) meaning of the two parts ‘paṅka (mud) and ‘ja’ (springing from) is restricted by popular usage to a single plant springing from mud. ‘Nirmanthya’ is the word used for producing fire by friction. Literally the word means ‘what is to be churned’.