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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 299, col. 1.
    abhībhābhibhūbhābhū Tatpur. f. (-bhūḥ) ‘A site of splendour sur-

    passing a fearless elephant.’ (This monstrous compound

    occurs in the following specimen of alliteration: jajaujojā-

    jijijjājī taṃ tato'titatātitut . bhābho'bhībhābhibhūbhābhū-

    rārārirarirīraraḥ which is rendered by Yates: ‘the warring

    foe overpowering all the sons of courage, distressing the

    most brave, glorious, exceeding in terror a fearless ele-

    phant, and advancing in his chariot, then attacked him’.

    E. abhī-ibha-abhibhū-bhā and bhū.