Late Khotanese kṣāṃca (2 occurrences in a single passage) is a variant spelling for expected kṣauca, should be transcribed as kṣą̄ca with unetymological anusvāra, and has to be assigned to the feminine stem *kṣaucā‑ ‘blowing out’ as a literal translation of Sanskrit nirvāṇa. The word is easily explained as a ‑kyā‑/‑cā‑ derivative from kṣautta‑, the past participle of ¹kṣäv‑ ‘to blow about (of wind), ‘to blow out, extinguish (fire by wind)’. The article also offers a translation of verses 242–244 of the Book of Vimalakīrti, where kṣāṃca occurs.

Blowing out saṃsāra in Khotan / Maggi, Mauro. - (2024), pp. 301-308. - IRANICA.

Blowing out saṃsāra in Khotan

Maggi, Mauro
2024

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Late Khotanese kṣāṃca (2 occurrences in a single passage) is a variant spelling for expected kṣauca, should be transcribed as kṣą̄ca with unetymological anusvāra, and has to be assigned to the feminine stem *kṣaucā‑ ‘blowing out’ as a literal translation of Sanskrit nirvāṇa. The word is easily explained as a ‑kyā‑/‑cā‑ derivative from kṣautta‑, the past participle of ¹kṣäv‑ ‘to blow about (of wind), ‘to blow out, extinguish (fire by wind)’. The article also offers a translation of verses 242–244 of the Book of Vimalakīrti, where kṣāṃca occurs.
2024
Deciphering the illegible: Festschrift in honour of Dieter Weber
978-3-447-12269-6
Iranian languages; Buddhist studies; Khotanese language; Book of Vimalakīrti
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