'Aasti' ?

[Lynken Ghose]

Dear Martin:

Is there any way that you can post more of the text which you are working
on?

Thanks,

Lynken Ghose


>From: Martin Gansten <Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE>
>Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: 'Aasti' ?
>Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:28:59 +0100
>
>Thanks to Srini Pichumani and Noorjahan Begum for their input on the
>meaning of 'aasti' in Tamil and Telugu. 'Property' and 'inheritance' do not
>exactly match the sense in which the word appears to be used in my texts,
>but at least they belong to the same sphere of meaning. (An example:
>tatprabhumuulaat ayutadvaya-aastilaabhavaan 'on account of his master, he
>earns twenty thousand aasti-s.')
>
>Regards,
>Martin Gansten

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