itare.saam - what does it mean?

[marina orelskaya]

It means 'of the others' or 'of the other [beings]'.
In this context all the beings are roughly divided
into two kinds, and the itare.saam is applied to the
second one.
      Regards,

Dr Marina V. Orelskaya
c/o Department of Sanskrit
and Prakrit Languages,
University of Pune,
Pune 411007
India


--- Dmitri <dmitris at PIPELINE.COM> wrote:
> Dear INDOLOGY members!
>
> Here is a question I try to find a satisfactory
> answer to:
>
> What is the meaning of Sanskrit word itare.saam
> (YogaS. I.20)?
> Translation usually given in renderings of YogaS. is
> "other" "of other" which does not look satisfactory
> at all.
>
> 1. It might be fem.sing.acc of itare.saa which would
> then
>     be derived as "itara-i.s-aa" or "itara-ii.s-aa"
> 2. It might be pl.gen. of consonantal stem itare.s
> which then would
>    be derived as "itara-i.s" or "itara-ii.s"
>
> Since itara already means "the other (of the two),
> another"
> translation "itare.saam" as "of other" or "other"
> would ignore
> the "i.s" or "ii.s" part.
>
> Any ideas about the meaning of "itare.saam" ?
> Any knowledge of conventional use of it?
>
> Thanks all responding to my previous questions!
> TIA,  Dmitri.


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