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Homage to Him, the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One. Having bowed to the sage, the boundless, the one who has reached the far shore of the ocean of language, I will speak the Dhātu Mañjūsā, the clear teaching. Having come to the Buddha's teachings, and the various grammars, Both read and unread, the meanings of the roots are declared here. Sometimes the short 'a' becomes 'i', and the 'o' at the end of roots may occur, And the short vowel of 'yu' becomes long, and before the root, the meaning-word (prefix) also. 1. Bhū is in the sense of being, paca in cooking, gamu and sapa in going; Siloka (root) is in the sense of aggregation, saki occurs in the sense of doubt. 2. (Then) kuka and vaka in taking, ke in sound, aki in marking; Ku in sound, in a bad sense, ṭaṅka in holding, maki in adorning. 3. Vaki in crookedness and going, sakka and ṭīka both in going; Kaki in unsteady movement, yāte in going, takī (here) in going and so on. 4. Vava in weaving, knowing and obtaining, cakkhavuti in seeing, rukkha in planting, khe in firmness, harming and digging, niya in restraining, mo in removing, iṭṭhi in desiring, vatādisa in surrounding, muṇḍisu in shaving, dikkha (then) kakkha and kakha in laughing, tura in harming, increasing and going, dakkha in cleverness, jakkha (and) bhakkha (are considered) in eating, ana in breathing, jāladukhesu (and) dikkha (and) dukkha in suffering, ikkha in seeing, disa and aṅka na and ko and kha in drying. 5. [A] nikkha in kissing, sikkha in learning, vijju in lightning, pādu in appearing, pāsānamhi in touching, rakkha in protecting and preventing, uñchane (may be) in gleaning, bhikkha in begging for what is obtained and not obtained, vakkha in anger and aggregation, mokkha in freedom and abandoning, cikkha in teaching speech. [Ba] nakha makha rakha naṅkha maṅkha rakkhī ikhī laṅkha lakha vakha ikha iṅkhā uṅkha vaṅkhū and kha in going, vakhi makhi kakhi in doubting, khī in wasting, ukkha in sprinkling, khu in digging, khuta in threshing (is said), khe (then) in eating, supe (and) in sleeping. 6. Aggo (is) in going and crookedness, laga in clinging, mage in seeking; Agī igī rigī ligī vagī are roots in the sense of going. 7. Silāgha in praising, jaggha in laughing, aggha in valuing; Sighī in smelling, laghi in loosening and going. 8. Vaca in distinct speech, yāca in begging, ruca in shining; Suca in sorrow, kuca in sounding. 9. Añca, in worship; vañca, in going; kiñca, in crushing; Luñca, in removing; nacca, in dancing; maca, in pleasing. 10. Accā, in honoring; cu, in speaking; saco, in combining; Paca, in going; kaci-vacca, the second time; maci, in holding. 11. Puccha, in asking; muccha, in delusion; lañcha, in marking; Añchā, in stretching; puñcha, in wiping; uñcha, in gleaning. 12. Taccho, in thinning; piñcha, in smearing; rāja, the second time; Vajā, in going quickly; rañja, in coloring; bhañja, in crushing. 13. Añju, in clear going, beauty, and smearing; aja, in trembling; Bhaja, in serving; sañja, in clinging; iñja, in trembling. 14. Yaja, in worshipping the gods, in giving and uniting; Tija, in sharpening; dāne, in giving; caja, in loss. 15. Sajā, in embracing; vissajja, in creating; mujja, in sinking; Majja, in purifying; lajja, in being ashamed; tajja, in threatening. 16. Ajja-sajjā, in urging; sajja, in creating; gajja, in sounding; Guja-kuja, both in indistinct sound; khajja, in eating. 17. Bhajja, in cooking; viji, in fear and trembling; vīja, in fanning; Khajī, in crippled gait; jī, in conquering; ju, in speed. 18. Jhe, in thinking; yujjha, in abandoning; gamane, in going; aṭa-paṭa, both; Naṭa, in dancing; raṭa, in speaking; vaṭa, in surrounding. 19. Vaṭṭa, in turning; vaṇṭa, in dividing; kaṭa, in crushing; Phuṭo, in bursting, etc.; kaṭa, in covering, in going. 20. Ghuṭa, in sounding, in striking; viṭa, in scolding, in sending; Bhaṭa, in serving; kuṭa-koṭṭa, in cutting; luṭa, in rolling. 21. Jaṭa-jhaṭa-piṭa, in assembling; ciṭu, in frightening; ghaṭī, in striking; Ghaṭi, in colliding; taṭṭa, in cutting; muṭa, in crushing. 22. Paṭha, in clear speech; heṭha, in oppressing; veṭha, in surrounding; Suṭhī-kuṭhī, both in drying; pīṭha, in hurting and holding. 23. Kaṭha, in drying and cooking; vaṭha, in being thick; Kaṭhi, in drying; ruṭha-luṭha, in striking; saṭha, in deceit. 24. (Siyā haṭha, in force; kaḍibhede, in breaking the hip; kaḍicchide, in cutting the hip; Maṇḍa, in adorning; caṇḍa, in fierceness; bhaḍi, in quarreling. 25. Ḍi in throwing up, liṅga in cutting off the head, Gaḍi in one place, gaḍi also in gathering; 26. Raḍi-eraḍi in violence, piḍi in aggregation and so on, Kuḍi in burning, paḍi in going, hiḍi in wandering (it may be); 27. Karaṇḍa in the sense of a vessel, (and) laḍi in disgust, (It occurs) meḍi in crookedness, saḍi in a clump, in wind; 28. (And also) aḍi in the sense of an egg, (it is seen) tuḍi in breaking, Vaḍḍha in increasing, kaḍḍha in dragging, bhaṇa in speaking; 29. Soṇa in color, guṇa in repetition, iṇa-pheṇa both in going, Paṇa in the sense of trade, in praise, (it occurs) kaṇa in meeting; 30. Aṇa-raṇa-kaṇa-muṇa-kvaṇa-kuṇa in sound, Yata in striving, juta in brightness; Ata-pata in going, cita in recognition, Kita in dwelling and so on, vatu in speaking. 31. (It becomes) kattha in praising, matha-mattha in churning, Nātha in begging, torment, lordship, and blessings (also;) 32. Putha (indeed) puthu in spreading, byatha in fear and distress (also), Gotthu in lineage, patha-pantha in going, nanda in prosperity; 33. Vanda in greeting, in praise, gada in clear speech (also), (And) ninda in reproach, khadi in scattering and so on; 34. Edī (indeed) in a little movement, cadi in beauty, in delighting, Kilidī in lamentation and so on, udissi in affliction; 35. Idī (indeed) in supreme lordship, adiandu (also) in binding, Bhaganda in serving (it is), bhadda in auspicious action; 36. Sida in adornment, in cooking, saddu in greenness, in drying up, Madi in strength, muda-madā in joy, in intoxication, madda in crushing; 37. Sandu in flowing and so on, kanda in calling (and) in weeping, Vida in gaining, dada in giving, rudi in shedding tears; 38. Sado in scattering, taking, going (and) in weakening, Hiḷāda (indeed) in happiness, sūda in sharpening, rada in scratching; 39. Sāda in tasting and so on, gada in clear speech (also), Nada in indistinct sound, rada in eating, taking, chewing, consuming; 40. Adda in begging, in traveling and so on, (and) mida in affection, (It may be) khuda in hunger, daḷidda in poverty (indeed); 41. Dā in cutting, du in going, increasing. Aṃ dā in giving, vida in knowing, Tadi in laziness, bādha in hindering, gudha in playing secretly; 42. (Atho) gādha in establishing, vuṭhu-edha (and) in growth, Dhā (is) in holding (and) in thinking, budha in awakening; 43. Sidhu in going, yudha in fighting, vidha in piercing, Rādha in harming and pleasing, badha-bandha (and) in binding; 44. Sidha-sādha (and) in success, dhe in drinking, indha in kindling, Māna in honoring, vana-sana in desiring, ana in breathing; Kana in seeing, going, and desiring, khana-khanva’ in digging. 45. Gupa in protecting, gupa in restraining, tapa in tormenting, tapa in lordship, Cupa in slow going, tapu in agitation, rapa-lapa in speaking, sapa in cursing; 46. Japa-jappa in indistinct speech, tappa in tormenting (it is), Kapi in trembling, kappa in ability, vepu in trembling; 47. Tappa in going to heat and cutting, takke in harming and so on (it is said), Vapa in scattering seeds, dhūpa in tormenting (also); 48. Capa in consoling, pu in purifying, jhapa in burning, supo in sleeping, Puppha in blossoming (it is), ramba’lamba in supporting; 49. Cumba in kissing, kamba in restraining (is considered), Amba in sound (and) in taste, tāyane sabi in adorning; 50. Gabba in pride, abba-sabbā’(also) in going, pubba in filling, Gumba’bbagumbane cabba in eating, ubba in holding; 51. Labha in gaining, jambha in changing the body, subha in shining, Bhī in fear, rabha in violence (and) in beginning, khubha in agitation; 52. Thambha-khambha in hindering, gabba in boldness and killing, Sumbha in collecting, sambha in trusting, yabha in mating; 53. Dubha in desiring to conquer, dabbha in binding, udrabhā’ in eating, Kamū (indeed) in stepping, khamū (indeed) in enduring (it is;) 54. Bhamu in instability (and) vamu in vomiting and so on, Kilamu-klamū in weariness, ramu in playing (is said;) 55. Damo in taming, nama in bowing (atho) sama in exertion, Yamu in stopping, nāse ama in going, mu in binding; 56. Dhamo pumo (and) in blowing, tama in doubt and adorning, Dhuma-thīma (and) In crushing, darkness, and depression; 57. Iron, age, milk, essence, method, speed, and movement, Compassion, giving, movement, protection, injury, and mixing; Praise, worship, expansion, progeny, growth, And envy, fault-finding, and destruction, lying down; 58. Crossing, swimming, spreading, scattering, Movement, thought, injury, sound, trembling, and seizing; 59. Progeny, movement, sound, sharpness, holding, Decay, old age, death, abandonment, sprinkling, and service; 60. Swallowing, sprinkling, burning, tearing, Movement, eating, restraining, and so on; 61. Cutting, destruction, movement, filling, Crying, calling, method, wakefulness, and sleep; 62. Pīlu, palū, sala, hulā, meaning movement, trembling, Stirring, blooming, shining; 63. Result, shining, tearing, Misery, color, closing; 64. Concentration, bond, swallowing, eating, Boundary, pain, strength, and protection; 65. Base, root, foundation, restraint, prevention, Low ground, movement, dirt, determination; 66. Harshness, impurity, enough, two kinds, Trembling, readiness, and binding; 67. Small, inferior, large, pulling, crushing, Impurity, protection, and movement; 68. Play, sport, cloth, fragment, movement, and so on,