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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Hirodaka (हिरोदक).—(not ahiro°!), Divyāvadāna 384.24, according to Note p. 709 hirā-udaka, vein-water, blood: but this is quite im- plausible. The phrase is hirodakasikatāpiṇḍair aṇḍakāṣṭhe- bhyo (see this) 'pi asārataratvaṃ kāyasyāvetya, realizing that the body is more worthless even than eggshells(?) full of (? so Burnouf, Introd. 376) lumps of sand, water, and gravel. (Burnouf, pleines de boules de sable faites avec des [Page620-b+ 71] larmes de serpent.) The instr. -piṇḍair is apparently asso- ciative, with the following word; perhaps render eggshells along with lumps etc., eggshells (if Burnouf is right) being likewise symbolic of worthlessness, and also fragility. In Deśīnāmamālā 8.66 is noted hilā, sand (vālukā); hirā is probably equivalent to this. It would fit with sikatā, and udaka could perhaps be used as a symbol of worthlessness.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hirodaka (हिरोदक):—[from hirā > hira] n. blood, [Divyāvadāna]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Ends with: Ahirodaka, Khirodaka, Kshirodaka.

Full-text: Hira, Ahirodaka, Andakashtha.

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