Kishkindha

[G S S Murthy]

Respected scholars,

In some language, could be Tamil/Telugu/Kannada/Sanskrit, Kishkindha denotes a congested place. Kishkindhaa of Valmiki  made up of caves could have been a congested place. Scholars could throw some light on how this word acquired this meaning.

Thanks and Regards

GSS Murthy

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[K S Kannan]

The word is not easily explained.

Some kindred themes and issues are:

kiṣku is a unit of length, given as 12 aṅgula-s.

The word occurs in Amara-kośa.

kiṣkindhā is explained etymologically as

kiṁ kiṁ na dadhāti ? =

full of wonderments.

More info/discussions are of course needed.

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[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM G S S Murthy <murt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Respected scholars,

In some language, could be Tamil/Telugu/Kannada/Sanskrit, Kishkindha denotes a congested place. Kishkindhaa of Valmiki  made up of caves could have been a congested place. Scholars could throw some light on how this word acquired this meaning.

Thanks and Regards

GSS Murthy

Some years ago an elderly lady who visited our very old residential complex remarked in Kannada seeing the narrow staircase: this is verily kishkindha.

regrads

subrahmanian.v   

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[G S S Murthy]

Thanks to Dr.Kannan and Dr. Subrahmanian for their inputs. I was not sure that it is a Kannada word as I have not seen it used in written Kannada.

Regards

Murthy 

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[Mahamaho. Subrahmanyam Korada]

नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

In some language, could be Tamil/Telugu/Kannada/Sanskrit, Kishkindha denotes a congested place

                                                                                                                                                                -- विद्वान् G S S मूर्ती

पाणिनि puts the term किष्किन्धा in पारस्करादिगण --

पारस्करप्रभृतीनि च  संज्ञायाम्  पा 6-1-151

काशिका -- किष्कुः प्रमाणम् । किष्किन्धा गुहा ।

पदमञ्जरी -- रूढिशब्दा एते यथाकथञ्चिद्व्युत्पाद्याः । ....’ किं करोतीति करोतेर्डुः किमो’न्त्यलोपः , सुट् , किष्कु ’। किमपि धत्ते किष्किन्धा । पूर्ववत् ( आतो’नुपसर्गे कः पा 3-2-3)

कः , किमो द्व्रिर्वचनम् , पूर्वस्य मलोपः , सुट् , उभयत्रापि षत्वमपि  निपात्यते ।

 

Patanjali in third अध्याय  clearly says that all रूढिशब्दs have to be produced by offering some प्रक्रिया or the other . There is no any specific prescribed procedure . 

किष्किन्धा is just a name of a गुहा । It may be the name of a town or something where the गुहा is situated and that is due to उपचार ।

No other meaning should be assigned .

Since it is a संज्ञा it should not be translated . In parenthesis one may offer a यौगिकार्थ / derivative meaning or an exploded view of the term .

धन्यो’स्मि 

                                    

Dr.Korada Subrahmanyam
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[G S S Murthy]

Thank you sir, for the elucidation.

Regards

Murthy

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