funderburkjim
commented
10 years ago OK. The 'mfn' was missing in current database; now corrected.
Interestingly, it was possible to catch within the historical update logs for MW the exact date that the mfn was dropped, 20080512.
A comparison was made between a 2007 version (MONIERhBU.txt) and current monier.xml, looking for similar cases. A few errors surfaced and were corrected; the exact context of this kind of error is difficult to track.
The google group is closed to non-members; its name 'Общество ревнителей санскрита' yields via google.translate the odd English phrase 'Society zealots Sanskrit'.
gasyoun
Hope this case helps find similar issues as well. Based on https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/nagari/sandic/nagari/bafsaZHNw_c/oL04zXszJcgJ Sergey from Moscow wrote on 04/06/2013: Everything was fine at ttp://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/tamil/recherche 2 AbhA 2 f. splendour , light ; a flash ; colour , appearance , beauty MBh. Mn. Sus3r. Pan5cat. &c. ; a reflected image , outline ; likeness , resemblance MBh. R. ; (mfn.) ifc. like , resembling , appearing R. Ka1vya7d. S3is3. &c. (e.g. %{hemA7bha} , shining like gold) ; [cf. Hib. {avibh} ,
" likeness , similitude "' ; {avibe} ," neatness , elegance "' ; {avibhcal} , `" a spark of fire "' ?] [145,2] In newer (http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/) edition "mfn" is lost, only "f" remains. (H2) A-bhA 2 [L=25230]