LOANWORDS IN SANSKRIT 389 mentioned Iranian rulers, varahana - 4 armour, mail * {01 r.
- varopdna- 4 protecting the breast f ), khola- 4 helmet, a kind of
hat J (Av. xaoSa-, PaSt. xol), jagara- 4 armour ’ (cf. Pa§t. zgara 4 armour ’), mddhl 4 armour mail * (MPers. mdSi[k)) t tin ( a kind of arrow 1 (NPers. tty) parydna- 4 saddle 4 (Ir. *paridana - in NPers. pdldn 'pack-saddle*, etc.), pllu - 4 elephant 4 (NPers. pit) bandx 4 prisoner, captive ’ (NPers. bandah), gola- 4 ball 4 (NPers. gdy <*gauda-) } ganja- 4 treasury’ (NPers. ganj), As can be seen from this list the words borrowed from Iranian have mainly to do with military affairs and equipment, which is in accordance with their military superiority over many centuries. Of words not connected with w r ar, mention may be made of pustaka- 4 book ’ ultimately derived from Iranian (Pers.) post 4 skin ' and mihira - 4 sun ’ (Pers. mihr OIr. midra-). Some Iranian loanwords are attested only in writers from Kashmir (e.g. ganja-, divira-) where they derive from the North-Western Prakrit. There are others which are found only in Buddhist Sanskrit, e.g. kdkhorda- 4 wizard ' (cf. Av. kax'arha-) mocika- 4 shoemaker ’ MPers. mocak) whence Hindi mod 4 id These words are also derived through the North-Western Prakrit, since it was the Buddhist writers of the North-Western schools who were responsible for their adoption.
