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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 2 — The Foolish Man

H. (Henry) Parker translation

As a possible derivation, I suggest that the first part of the word may be derived from sam + bhañj, meaning “shatter, smash,” referring to his toes that were struck by the stone. The rest may consist of aḍi, foot, the whole word thus being sambhañjāḍi. In a variant the exclamation is Hottaeripancan. ↑

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