Late Khotanese has the verbs ¹bijs‑ ‘to pour’ < Iranian *u̯ai̯ǰ‑ ‘to shake, swing’ and ²bījs‑ ‘to fit in’ (intransitive) < Iranian *u̯i̯ač‑ ‘to contain’. The article reinterprets three passages in two Buddhist works and shows that the second verb also occurs in Old Khotanese and was originally spelled ²bijs‑. The reanalysis of bijsīndä ‘they fit in’ in Book of Zambasta 2.186 is confirmed by indentification of the verse as a quotation from the Vīradattaparipr̥cchā; biśtä ‘it fits in’ in Book of Zambasta 22.110 derives regularly from *u̯i̯ač‑ and, thus, belongs to ²bijs‑, not to ¹bijs‑ < *u̯ai̯ǰ‑, which would give *biśdä; and bäjsäte śtä in the figurative sense ‘has been absorbed in’ in Ratnakūṭa 142.1 corresponds to the Sanskrit original.
Khotanese bijs‑ and a quotation from the Vīradattaparipr̥cchā in the Book of Zambasta / Maggi, Mauro. - In: STUDIA IRANICA. - ISSN 0221-5004. - 47:2(2018), pp. 201-214. [10.2143/SI.47.2.3286513]
Khotanese bijs‑ and a quotation from the Vīradattaparipr̥cchā in the Book of Zambasta
mauro maggi
2018
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Late Khotanese has the verbs ¹bijs‑ ‘to pour’ < Iranian *u̯ai̯ǰ‑ ‘to shake, swing’ and ²bījs‑ ‘to fit in’ (intransitive) < Iranian *u̯i̯ač‑ ‘to contain’. The article reinterprets three passages in two Buddhist works and shows that the second verb also occurs in Old Khotanese and was originally spelled ²bijs‑. The reanalysis of bijsīndä ‘they fit in’ in Book of Zambasta 2.186 is confirmed by indentification of the verse as a quotation from the Vīradattaparipr̥cchā; biśtä ‘it fits in’ in Book of Zambasta 22.110 derives regularly from *u̯i̯ač‑ and, thus, belongs to ²bijs‑, not to ¹bijs‑ < *u̯ai̯ǰ‑, which would give *biśdä; and bäjsäte śtä in the figurative sense ‘has been absorbed in’ in Ratnakūṭa 142.1 corresponds to the Sanskrit original.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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