लघुपतनक

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,

The first tale of the Hitopadesa has a character, a crow called  लघुपतनक  

In Monier-Williams dictionary, the entry for लघु isn't only " light, easy, not heavy or difficult", it also lists as a meaning "a particular mode of flying peculiar to birds". Does that mean that the name लघुपतनक means "One who is a bird that flies a particular way" . Can someone elaborate on what  लघु  as a type of flying of birds means.  Does it just mean "a swift flier" or "flying short distances" or something else?

Thanks,

Harry Spier

[krishnap...@gmail.com]

Here लघु means not light.
लघु=द्रुतं पतनं यस्य सः। Even in North Karnataka लगु(गु instead of घु) = fast 

[Roland Steiner]

Dear Harry,

See Böhtlingk and Roth: "Sanskrit-Wörterbuch", s.v. laghupatanaka: "m.
N. pr. einer Krähe (schnell fliegend) Pañcat. 104, 13. Hit. 9, 6."
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/csl-apidev/servepdf.php?dict=PWG&page=6-0482

As usual, an English translation of this entry can be found here:

Monier-Williams s.v. laghu—patanaka: "m. ‘quickly flying’, N. of a
crow, Pañcat.; Hit."
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2014/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=894

See also Böhtlingk and Roth: "Sanskrit-Wörterbuch", s.v. laghupātin:
"adj. schnell fliegend; m. N. pr. einer Krähe Kathās. 61, 58."
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/csl-apidev/servepdf.php?dict=PWG&page=6-0483

English translation:
Monier-Williams, s.v. laghu—pātin: "m. ‘quickly flying’, N. of a crow,
Kathās."
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2014/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=894

Best regards,
Roland


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[Harry Spier]

Thank you Roland,

I missed that MW entry. MW did not have patanaka so I didn't look up laghupatanaka.