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Vicitrakarṇikāvadānoddhṛta. A Collection of Buddhistic Legends. By H. Jórgensen. 8¼ × 5½, pp. 344. London: Royal Asiatic Society (Oriental Translation Fund, New Series, vol. xxxi), 1931.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

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1 The word Newār is derived from, or at least has the same origin as, Skt. nepāla-, Pkt. nevāla-. It is perhaps the form of the name used by neighbours speaking an Indo-Aryan language of the Bihāri type, in which -l- > -r-. Compare Skt. naipālī “Jasminum Sambac”, which appears as Hi. newārī, but Oṛ. niāļi and Mar. nevaļ, nevāļī.