Some remarks of Kṣīrasvāmin on Variant Readings

[Full title: Derivation of words following Pāṇini’s sūtras (4): Some remarks of Kṣīrasvāmin on Variant Readings]

(a) Amarakośa (III. 1. 2; p. 226)–

strīdārādyaiḥ yad viśeṣyaṃ yādṛśaiḥ prastutaṃ padaiḥ |

This is a preface to the third Kāṇḍa first Varga introducing the contents of the section.

Kṣīrasvāmin remarks that the construction of the sentence would be appropriate if the reading is strīdārādyaṃ and also observes that some reading follow strīnarādyaiḥ |—

dārādyamiti pāṭho yuktaḥ | strīnarādyairityeke strīpuṃsakairityarthaḥ |

(b) III. 1. 92; p. 255–

“vṛtte tu vṛta-vyāvṛttau”

Commenting on these words of Amarakośa, Kṣīrasvāmin derives the word vyāvṛttau as vāvṛtta and remarks that the reading vyāvṛtta is wrong.

He also cites from Bhaṭṭikāvya (IV. 28) in support of his view–

vṛtte tu vāvṛttaḥ vṛtuvāvṛ tu varaṇe itthamabudhvā vṛttavyāvṛttāviti peṭhuḥ lakṣye'pi—tato vāvṛttamānaseti bhaṭṭiḥ |

(c) Amarakośa (III. 1. 111; p. 259)–

bhakṣita-carvita-lipta—

Commenting on this phrase of Amarakośa, Kṣīrasvāmin observes that there is another reading of the text as līḍha in place of lipta |—

liptasthane līḍhaṃ peṭhuḥ |

(d) Amarakośa (III. 2. 30; p. 266)–

saṃvīkṣaṇaṃ vaciyanaṃ mārgaṇam—

Commenting on this Phrase Kṣīrasvāmin observes that some read the word Samvīkṣaṇa as anvīkṣaṇa or anvekṣaṇa—

ānvīkṣaṇamanvekṣaṇamityeke peṭhuḥ |