Origin of काणेलीमातृ

[Muthusubramanian NV]

Hi all,

I was reading the text मृच्छकटिकम् and came across the word काणेलीमातृ and came to know that it means a bastard. It means that one whose mother is a काणेली which probably means a prostitute or courtesan. But spokensanskrit.de or monier williams dictionary doesn't have काणेली as an entry. Can any one explain what is the origin of this word?


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Muthusubramanian N V,
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Texas Instruments, India
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[Hnbhat B.R.]

Please quote the original text with reference to the location in the text so that others also can verify the text.

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[Hnbhat B.R.]

The above is the extract from the वाचस्पत्यकोश.

The text is from Act I.36/37 from the dialogue of विट. There is a corresponding word as कणेरा in Monier williams.Here is the word explained in Apte's Dictionary:

f.{ii-stem}

1.an unchaste or faithless woman;

2.an unmarried woman

Hope this will be helpful in understanding the meaning.

[Hnbhat B.R.]

You can search yourself in this link online Apte's Sanskrit English Dictionary:

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/ 

This is the search result which includes the word you have sought explanation alsoL

काणेली kāṇēlīकाणेली 1 An unchaste or faithless woman.-2 An unmarried woman.-Comp.-मातृ m. one whose mother is an unmarried woman; son of an unmarried woman; (a term of reproach occurring usually in the voc. case only); काणेलीमातः अस्ति

[Muthusubramanian NV]

Thank you Dr. Bhat.

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