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TEXT 59
'dvitiya sri-laksmi'--ihan 'dvitiyatva' vidheya
samase gauna haila, sabdartha gela ksaya
SYNONYMS
dvitiya sri-laksmithe word dvitiya-sri-laksmi ("all-opulent goddess of fortune"); ihanthis; dvitiyatvathe quality of being a second; vidheyathe unknown, which is to be explained; samasein the compound word; gaunasecondary; hailabecame; sabda-arthathe word's intended meaning; gelabecame; ksayalost.
TRANSLATION
"In the word 'dvitiya-srilaksmi' ['the second all-opulent goddess of fortune'], the quality of being a second Laksmi is the unknown. In making this compound word, the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.
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