Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 1)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

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ALBERUNPS INDIA.
 

Whenever I shall come to
these words, I will add them

0  = iHnya and kha, both mean¬

ing ^oiwi.
gagana, i.e. heaven.
viyat, i.e. heaven.
dkdsa, i.e. heaven.
amhara, i.e. heaven.
ahhra, i.e. heaven.

1  = ddi, i.e. the beginning.

sasin.

indu.

sttd.

urvard, dharant.

pitdm.aha,    i.e.    the    first

father.
candra, i.e. the moon.
iitdriisu, i.e. the moon.
rUpa.
 

2  = yama.

asvin.

ravioandra.

locana, i.c. the two eyes.

akshi.

dasra.

yamala.

paksha, i.e. the two halves

of a month.
netra, i.e. the two eyes.

3  = trilcdla, i.e. the three parts

of time.
trijagat.
trayam.
pdvaka,    vaisvdnara,     da-

hana, tapana,   hutdsana,

jvalana, agni, i.e. fire.
[triguna,] i.e. the three first

forces.
loka, i.e. the worlds, earth,

heaven and hell.
trikatu.

4 = veda, i.e. their sacred code,
because it has four parts.
 

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know all the meanings of
, if God permits!

samudra,   sdgara,   i.e.  the

sea.
abdhi.
dadhi.
dif:, i.e. the four cardinal

points.
jaldmya.
krita.                                        Page 86

5  = sara.

artha.

indriya,     i.e.     the      five

senses.
sdyaka.

vdna.

bhitta.

ishu.

Pdndava, i.e. the five royal

brothers.
pattrin, mdrgana.

6  = rasa.

anga.
sliat.

^ .a1' (?) i.e. the year.

ritu (?).
mdsdrdharh.

7  = aga.

mahtdhara.

parvata,   i.e.    the    moun¬
tains.
saptan.

naga, i.e. the mountains.
adri.
muni.

8  = vasu, ashta.

dht, mangala.
gaja, ndga.
dantin.

9  = go, chidra.

nanda, pavana.

randhra, antara.

navan = g.                              p^ge Sy.
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