શંકાનું ભૂત અસર કરી ગયું’ અને મંછા –ગરીબ ડોશી ડાકણમાં ખપી ગઈ. ‘શંકા ભૂત મંછા ડાકણ’ કહેતી ખની ગઈ.’

śaṁkānuṁ bhūta asara karī gayuṁ’ anē maṁchā –garība ḍōśī ḍākaṇamāṁ khapī gaī. ‘śaṁkā bhūta maṁchā ḍākaṇa’ kahētī khanī gaī.’

બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

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