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Today's Topics:
1. ghanasaaravilepa (peekayar)
2. Re: On ghanasAram (Asterisk)
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I'm trying to understand one of the 108 names of Shani (Saturn). The name is
Ghanasaaravilepa which seems to be the "One anointed with
ghanasaara". Ghanasaara seems to be the "essence of ghana (firm, dense, solid)," but I
don't understand this. Williams' dictionary gives one
meaning of Ghanasaara as "camphor," but I'm not sure that fits here.
Can anyone help?
Thank you.
Girish Sharma
My views.
.Ghanasaara is not the essence of ghana.
It should be the essence(oil) which is ghana or solid.
The English dictionary gives the meaning of camphor as a solid essential oil.
Apte's dictionary also gives the meaning camphor
for ghanasaara.
Monier Williams dictionary lists sandal, camphor, etc as items used as perfume
against vilepa and vilepana.
P.K.Ramakrishnan
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Hello Shri Girish:
Camphor has the unique chemical property of sublimating - it turns from solid to
gaseous state without going through the intermediate liquid state. ghanasAravilEpA
means , like you rightly said, one who is anointed with the perfume from the ghana
padArtham. "Essence of a solid substance" is the property of camphor that is used as a
name for it, i.e. the adjectival quality is used as a noun. This is a grammatical
construct called bahuvrIhi samAsa.
Would greatly appreciate if learned people from the forum critique the above.
-Shree
Today's Topics:
1. Shani name (Girish Sharma)
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I'm trying to understand one of the 108 names of Shani (Saturn). The
name is Ghanasaaravilepa which seems to be the "One anointed with
ghanasaara". Ghanasaara seems to be the "essence of ghana (firm, dense,
solid)," but I don't understand this. Williams' dictionary gives one
meaning of Ghanasaara as "camphor," but I'm not sure that fits here.
Can anyone help?
Thank you.
Girish Sharma
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