Rajatarangini references and "vidyAdhara"

Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan Palaniappa at AOL.COM
Mon Aug 30 20:19:22 UTC 1999


Dear Indologists,

I need help with two issues.

1. Monier-Williams gives the following references from Rajatarangini for
"cAkrika":

 "a companion" Rajat. vi , 272 ; "a companion" , v , 267

I would appreciate if anybody can give the actual text and conventional
explanations for these two occurrences.

2. Does the Sanskrit tradition ever associate vidyAdharas with music-making
(similar to gandharvas)?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
S. Palaniappan





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