Several times, Sāhib Rām creates a new meaning for Persian (or, Arabic) proper names and place names derived from their Sanskrit designation. The city of Herat, for example (located in today’s Afghanistan), is referred to as hīrātta, which Sāhib Rām explaines in the commentary by hīrair āttaḥ „to be furnished with a diamond mine“.
Aḫlāq-e Moḥsenī | Vīraratnaśekharaśikhā | explanation in commentary | text passage |
ʿAlī | alin | alatīt[y] alī | 1.106 |
Harāt (the city of Herat) | hīrātta | hīrair = vajrākarair ātto = gṛhīta iti hīrātto deśaviśeṣaḥ hīrāttaḥ is a place name [derived from]:hīrair āttaḥ, [i.e.] ‘to be furnished with a diamond mine’ | 1.120 |
šokr (thanksgiving) | śukra/śukla | [śukraṃ =] śuklaṃ [=] śuddhaṃ karmety arthaḥ [śukra means] bright, in the sense of: good deeds | 4.2 |
Afrāsiyāb | Sajya | sa-jya: jyayā = ūrvyā samānaḥ like (sa-)the earth (-jya) [concerning forbearance (=title of the chapter in question)] | 5.20 |