Kashmir, Tamilnadu, Panini, Abhinavagupta, etc.

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

Though the members of the list are sure to take note of the wish
that the word dAkSiNAtya should mean Tamilians and Malayalis only,
the refernces cited are not sufficient to warrant such a conclusion.
For that we need a reference like " ONLY people who use cOru for
cooked rice are dAkSiNAtyAs." I am sure the search for such a reference
will continue.
Best wishes and regards,

sarma.

At 01:06 PM 1/3/99 EST, you wrote:
>3. (a) Any directional adjective like dAkSiNAtya 'southern' is relative in
its
>application, for what is southern to one user can very well be northern to
>another. However, it is reasonable to assume that in most Classical Indian
>uses of dAkSiNAtya the reference would be to persons or objects of the
>dakSiNa-patha unless a further specification is available in the context
>(Sircar 1960:172, n.2). Another consideration one should keep in mind in the
>case of VP 2.486 is that, as its author belonged to the pANinian tradition of
>Sanskrit grammar, his understanding of dAkSiNAtya is not likely to be very
>different from that of pataJjali (Kielhorn's ed., vol. 1, p. 8), who
indicates
>that the author of the vArttika yathA laukika-vaidikeSu was a dAkSiNAtya
>(Cardona 1976: 268-69). The third helpful consideration in ascertaining the
>common meaning of dAkSiNAtya in the Classical period is the remark by several
>authors to the effect that the word cora/caura in the language of the
>dAkSiNAtyas means odana 'cooked rice' not thief; cf. prabhA-candra, nyAya-
>kumuda-candra, p. 547; jayantabhaTTa, nyAya-maJjarI, p. 242; and abhinava-
>gupta, ttattva-viveka on parA-triMzikA 5-9ab, p. 125, who distinguishes
>between saindhavas and dAkSiNAtyas. With reference to the meaning of the same
>cora, vAdi-deva-sUri (syAd-vAda-ratnAkara, p. 703) distinguishes between
>gurjaras and drAviDas; the latter must obviously be dAkSiNAtyas in his view.
>Probably zrIdhara (nyAya-kandali, p. 215) also has a relevant observation to
>offer in this case, although I cannot verify the reference at present."
>Then in section (b) of note 3 Aklujkar gives references for dakSiNA-patha.
>
>Now the word cora obviously refers to Dravidian cORu. (I have discussed the
>Ta. enunciative "u" and Sanskrit "a" in another posting) Regarding cORu, DEDR
>has the following entry
>
>2897 Ta. cORu boiled rice, pith; cORRi pith of trees; con2Ri boiled rice. Ma.
>cORu boiled rice, food, livelihood, brain, marrow, pith. To.twI.R cooked
food.
>
>Thus, according to DEDR, the form cORu occurs only in Tamil-Malayalam. It
does
>not occur in Telugu.
>

>Regards
>S. Palaniappan
>
>