From kiparsky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU  Wed Aug  1 03:12:24 2007
From: kiparsky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU (Paul Kiparsky)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 07 20:12:24 -0700
Subject: Shakuntala verses
In-Reply-To: <46AFC014.4020601@anu.edu.au>
Message-ID: <161227080929.23782.13060681006466544213.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Ashwini Deo has sound files of various meters (including Sragdhara) in

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~asd49/meters.html

Also check out her interesting analysis of Sanskrit meters in

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~asd49/meter.pdf

Paul

-------

On Jul 31, 2007, at 4:04 PM, McComas Taylor wrote:

> Many thanks Whitney - now I have to find someone to teach me how to  
> sing them!
>
> Yours
>
> McComas
>




From rsalomon at U.WASHINGTON.EDU  Wed Aug  1 19:23:18 2007
From: rsalomon at U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Richard Salomon)
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 07 12:23:18 -0700
Subject: Two book announcements
Message-ID: <161227080933.23782.7023438847821069127.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hahn" <hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: Two book announcements


>A hint for the vanishing minority of real lovers of the mahaakaavya
> genre (really tough reading; so far no commentary available):
> 
> Michael Hahn:
> Kapphi.naabhyudaya or King Kapphi.na's Triumph
> A Ninth Century Kashmiri Buddhist Poem
> Institute of Buddhist Cultural Studies
> Ryukoku University, Kyoto 2007
> (Ryukoku Univerisity Studies in Buddhist Culture XVIII)
> ISBN 978-4-8318-7281-4 C3015
> Price: 39,900 Yen
> 
> Table of Contents:
> 
> I. Introduction
> II. Canto viii ..... Sanskrit and English
> III. The edited text [of the whole poem]
> IV. Diplomatic transcript of Ms N
> Facsimile Edition of Manuscript N (in colour)
> 
> Publisher:
> Hozokan Publishing Company
> Kyoto, Japan 600-8153
> Tel.: +81-75-343-5656
> 
> A more detailed description can be found in the Newsletter of the NGMCP
> 4 (May/June 2007), to appear shortly.
> 
> And for those who prefer the most elegant Sanskrit of the 5th century
> CE (ideally suited for second or third year students of Sanskrit ):
> 
> Michael Hahn:
> Haribha.t.ta in Nepal
> Ten Legends from His Jaatakamaalaa
> and the Anonymous "Saakyasi.mhajaataka
> Editio minor
> Tokyo, The International Institute for Buddhist Studies 2007
> (Studia Philologica Buddhica. Monograph Series. XXII)
> ISBN 978-4-906267-58-3
> Price: 900 Yen
> 
> ---
> Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn
> Ritterstr. 14
> D-35287 Amoeneburg
> Tel. +49-6422-938963
> Fax: +49-6422-938967
> E-mail: hahn.m at t-online.de
>




From jonardon at LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Wed Aug  1 14:27:59 2007
From: jonardon at LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Jonardon Ganeri)
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 07 15:27:59 +0100
Subject: JOB: Three year AHRC Research Associate
Message-ID: <161227080931.23782.4511691459841702298.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Universities of Sussex and Lancaster, UK

Research Associate: Indian Conceptions of Self (3 Year AHRC project)

Deadline: 17/08/2007

A three year AHRC funded Research Associateship in connection with a joint project run between the 
Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex and the Department of Religious Studies, University 
of Lancaster. The aim of the project is to investigate Indian conceptions of self, and specifically 
critiques of Buddhist theories of self. The project investigators are Prof. Jonardon Ganeri (Sussex) and 
Prof. C Ram-Prasad (Lancaster). For more information, refer to the website below.

Contact

E-Mail:	jonardon at gmail.com
Web:	http://www.personnel.lancs.ac.uk/vacancydets.aspx?jobid=A900




From amp65 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Aug  2 15:17:51 2007
From: amp65 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Andrea Marion Pinkney)
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 07 11:17:51 -0400
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Fwd:_Job_Opening_=E2=80=93=C2=A0Hindi_and_Urdu_Language?=
Message-ID: <161227080940.23782.15234153418600004704.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear All,

Please see the following announcement of a position in Hindi-Urdu at  
the University of Toronto, circulated on behalf of a non-list member.

Best regards,
Andrea

Andrea Marion Pinkney
Department of Religion
Columbia University
________________________________________________________________________ 
___________________

The University of Toronto invites applications for a lectureship in  
Hindi and Urdu Languages to be jointly held in New College (St. George  
Campus) and the University of Toronto Mississauga. Appointment will  
begin July 1, 2008.

Applicants must have a relevant PhD degree and demonstrated excellence  
in language teaching. The successful candidate will be responsible for  
instruction in Hindi and Urdu languages and the development of the  
curriculum in consultation with South Asian Studies and University of  
Toronto Mississauga faculty. Experience with the application of digital  
technologies to language learning is an asset. ?

This position is renewable annually for three years. Salary will be  
commensurate with qualifications and experience.? Applications must be  
received by November 15, 2007.

Applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae and a  
teaching portfolio. In addition, arrangements should be made for the  
submission of three letters of reference. Applications may be emailed  
or mailed to Professor Rick Halpern, Principal, New College, University  
of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6, CANADA.  
<nc.principal at utoronto.ca>
  ?
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its  
community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority  
group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities,  
members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the  
further diversification of ideas. We offer opportunities to work in  
many collaborative programs, including African Studies, Caribbean  
Studies, and Women and Gender Studies. The University of Toronto offers  
the opportunity to teach and live in one of the most cosmopolitan  
cities in the world.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians  
and permanent residents will be given priority.




From hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE  Thu Aug  2 10:37:32 2007
From: hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE (Michael Hahn)
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 07 12:37:32 +0200
Subject: Second cry for help
In-Reply-To: <00ad01c7d471$6a8a25e0$cf565f80@allrsdelld8200>
Message-ID: <161227080935.23782.11423024262999398104.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear colleagues,

I plan to publish a new edition of a niti work called Prajnadanda. It is
(wrongly attributed to Nagarjuna and available only in its Tibetan
translation. Over the years I was able to identify 172 of its 260
stanzas in Indian niti works. In 2003 I published a paper in Archiv
Orientalni entitled "Cry for Help." There I presented the 88 as yet
unidentified stanzas together with a English translation. I had hoped
that this would stimulate the identification of some more original
stanzas. However, so far there was no reaction at all although I sent
off-prints to several very learned colleagues.

I have now deposited a pdf file of the paper on the server of my
university. It can be downloaded from my home page:

http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~hahnm/publications.html

The link is placed after the bibliographical data of paper No. 81.

I should be very much obliged if he or she who recognizes a Sanskrit
original behind the English translation of a stanza would communicate
this discovery to me.

The translation of stanza 224 contains a silly mistake: The first line
'das nas 'byung ba la gnas pa'i seems to go back to atiita, bhavi.syat
and pratyutpanna although it is not quite clear to which of the
following expressions it refers. To connect it with the immediately
following mi yi blo makes little sense.

While writing this I fear  that this request will not reach those
colleagues who are most likely to render substantial help because they
don't use e-mail: the traditional Indian panditas.

Michael Hahn


Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn
Fachgebiet Indologie und Tibetologie
FB 10, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Wilhelm-Roepke-Str. 6
D-35032 Marburg
Germany
Tel.: +49-6421-282-4740 or 4741
Fax: +49-6421-282-4995
E-mail: hahnm at staff.uni-marburg.de
URL: staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~hahnm




From hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE  Thu Aug  2 10:39:43 2007
From: hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE (Michael Hahn)
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 07 12:39:43 +0200
Subject: E-mail address of Brian Galloway
In-Reply-To: <00ad01c7d471$6a8a25e0$cf565f80@allrsdelld8200>
Message-ID: <161227080938.23782.6979881317450654893.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear colleagues, especially in the USA,

does anyone know the e-mail address of Brian Galloway? If so kindly send
it to me off-list.

Thanks in advance,

Michael Hahn


---
Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn
Fachgebiet Indologie und Tibetologie
FB 10, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Wilhelm-Roepke-Str. 6
D-35032 Marburg
Germany
Tel.: +49-6421-282-4740 or 4741
Fax: +49-6421-282-4995
E-mail: hahnm at staff.uni-marburg.de
URL: staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~hahnm




From phbernede at YAHOO.COM  Fri Aug  3 08:53:53 2007
From: phbernede at YAHOO.COM (Pascale Haag)
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 07 01:53:53 -0700
Subject: Another sad news
Message-ID: <161227080945.23782.7643086465285046166.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear collegues,

I just learned that K. Venugopalan passed away the day
before yesterday. 

K. Venugopalan worked for many years on the  "Sanskrit
Dictionary Based on Historical Principals" in the
Deccan College in Pune. He was a collaborator of the
Ecole fran?aise d'Extr?me-Orient and assisted many
Western and Japanese scholars or students, who will 
remember his kindness and generosity, his sense of
humor, and especially his unflagging enthusiasm for
all fields of "saastric litterature. He was currently
working on an edition and translation of Sucarita
Mi?sra's commentary on the "Slokavaarttika, the
Kaa"sikaa.


------


Pascale Haag
Ma?tre de conf?rences
Ecole des hautes ?tudes en sciences sociales
Centre d'?tudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
54, boulevard Raspail
75006 Paris







       
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From lnelson at SANDIEGO.EDU  Fri Aug  3 17:59:55 2007
From: lnelson at SANDIEGO.EDU (Lance Nelson)
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 07 10:59:55 -0700
Subject: Address of Anne Delchef
Message-ID: <161227080947.23782.12630090934878097899.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Colleagues,

I'd greatly appreciate it if anyone could send me the address, email 
or otherwise, of Anne Delchef.

Many thanks,

Lance

----------------------
Lance Nelson
Theology & Religious Studies
University of San Diego




From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU  Fri Aug  3 02:15:18 2007
From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor)
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 07 12:15:18 +1000
Subject: sad news
Message-ID: <161227080943.23782.2691617570205324837.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

  Dear Colleagues,
 

It is with deep sorrow that I must inform you that our colleague and 
friend, Dr Primoz Pecenko, suddenly passed away last night.

 

Our deepest sympathy and thoughts are with Tamara and Alexander at this 
time.

 

I shall hope to convey to you information about arrangements as details 
come to hand.

 

Kind Regards,

Richard

 

Associate Professor Richard Hutch

Head, School of History , Philosophy, Religion & Classics

The University of Queensland

Australia 4072

-- 
===============================
Dr McComas Taylor
Head, South Asia Centre
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
Fax: +61 2 6125 8326

Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
URL: http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Dr_McComas_Taylor
Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building 




From elizabeth.demichelis at ORIEL.OX.AC.UK  Sun Aug  5 23:04:32 2007
From: elizabeth.demichelis at ORIEL.OX.AC.UK (Elizabeth De Michelis)
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 07 00:04:32 +0100
Subject: sad news
In-Reply-To: <46B28FB6.7070706@anu.edu.au>
Message-ID: <161227080950.23782.18213112413507478158.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Colleagues,

I am deeply shocked to hear this. Does anyone has more information on  
what happened? Primoz seemed to be doing perfectly well at the  
Edinburgh Sanskrit Conference - so was this a sudden and totally  
unexpected occurrence?

Many thanks for any further information,

Elizabeth De Michelis


Dr Elizabeth De Michelis
Oriel College, Oriel Square,
Oxford, UK         OX1 4EW
Tel: 01865-276550
email: elizabeth.demichelis at oriel.ox.ac.uk
www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/modernyoga


On 3 Aug 2007, at 03:15, McComas Taylor wrote:

>  Dear Colleagues,
>
> It is with deep sorrow that I must inform you that our colleague  
> and friend, Dr Primoz Pecenko, suddenly passed away last night.
>
>
> Our deepest sympathy and thoughts are with Tamara and Alexander at  
> this time.
>
>
> I shall hope to convey to you information about arrangements as  
> details come to hand.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Richard
>
>
> Associate Professor Richard Hutch
>
> Head, School of History , Philosophy, Religion & Classics
>
> The University of Queensland
>
> Australia 4072
>
> -- 
> ===============================
> Dr McComas Taylor
> Head, South Asia Centre
> Faculty of Asian Studies
> The Australian National University
> ACTON ACT 0200
>
> Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
> Fax: +61 2 6125 8326
>
> Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
> URL: http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Dr_McComas_Taylor
> Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building




From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU  Sun Aug  5 23:34:59 2007
From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor)
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 07 09:34:59 +1000
Subject: [Fwd: ORIENT: Primoz Pecenko]
Message-ID: <161227080953.23782.5861349847627533877.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Colleagues

Please find attached an obituary for our dear friend and colleague 
Primoz Pecenko.
Primoz suffered a massive heart attack while walking his dog with his 
wife Tamara and son Alexander (whom we all remember fondly from 
Edinburgh) one evening last week. He died two days before his 60th birthday.

Yours

McComas


-- 
===============================
Dr McComas Taylor
Head, South Asia Centre
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
Fax: +61 2 6125 8326

Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
URL: http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Dr_McComas_Taylor
Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building 



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From chrishaskett at YAHOO.COM  Tue Aug  7 03:55:15 2007
From: chrishaskett at YAHOO.COM (Chris Haskett)
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 07 20:55:15 -0700
Subject: Bhandarkar article
Message-ID: <161227080955.23782.8019110830220703455.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

(Cross-posted to H-Buddhism)

Dear All-
 I have been directed to an article in Hindi by "Bhandarkar" which is supposed to put forth the argument that the admissions of wrongdoing on the part of the king in the A"sokan rock edicts are in keeping with Jain and/or Buddhist monastic formulae.
 
 I am fairly certain this is going to be by DR Bhandarkar (1875-1950) but Aacaarya-vandanaa (1984), his 'birth centenary volume,' gives only his English language writings in the bibliography.  He doesn't appear to cite the article in his book on A"soka either.
 
 Does anyone know where I might find this article, or have any notion as to how to go about the next steps in looking for it?  
 
 With my many thanks,
 Chris Haskett
 PhD cand., LCA, UW-Madison
       
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From bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Tue Aug  7 16:20:37 2007
From: bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Bindu Bhatt)
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 07 12:20:37 -0400
Subject: Bhandarkar article
In-Reply-To: <671985.29335.qm@web30112.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227080957.23782.6261340511518245669.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Chris Haskett wrote:
> (Cross-posted to H-Buddhism)
>
> Dear All-
>  I have been directed to an article in Hindi by "Bhandarkar" which is supposed to put forth the argument that the admissions of wrongdoing on the part of the king in the A"sokan rock edicts are in keeping with Jain and/or Buddhist monastic formulae.
>  
>  I am fairly certain this is going to be by DR Bhandarkar (1875-1950) but Aacaarya-vandanaa (1984), his 'birth centenary volume,' gives only his English language writings in the bibliography.  He doesn't appear to cite the article in his book on A"soka either.
>  
>  Does anyone know where I might find this article, or have any notion as to how to go about the next steps in looking for it?  
>  
>  With my many thanks,
>  Chris Haskett
>  PhD cand., LCA, UW-Madison
>        
> ---------------------------------
> Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. 
>   
Chris,
Have you looked at the following books?

*Asoka,*

Devadatta Ramakrishna *Bhandarkar*

1969 *4th ed.*
*English* Book Book xxx, 366 p. 23 cm.
[Calcutta] University of Calcutta, 

and

*The inscriptions of Asoka,*

*Asoka*, King of Magadha;  Devadatta Ramakrishna *Bhandarkar*;  
Surendranath *Majumdar*

1920
*English* Book Book 3 p. l., 103 p. 25 x 19 cm.
[Calcutta] University of Calcutta,

The last chapter of the ist books talks about the Asokan inscriptions 
and the sixth chapter also talks about Social and religious life from 
Asokan monuments.

I think you may find what you are looking for in either of these books.
Hope this helps.

Bindu




From bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Tue Aug  7 16:46:53 2007
From: bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Bindu Bhatt)
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 07 12:46:53 -0400
Subject: Bhandarkar article
In-Reply-To: <671985.29335.qm@web30112.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227080960.23782.6516146445339331779.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Chris Haskett wrote:
> (Cross-posted to H-Buddhism)
>
> Dear All-
>  I have been directed to an article in Hindi by "Bhandarkar" which is supposed to put forth the argument that the admissions of wrongdoing on the part of the king in the A"sokan rock edicts are in keeping with Jain and/or Buddhist monastic formulae.
>  
>  I am fairly certain this is going to be by DR Bhandarkar (1875-1950) but Aacaarya-vandanaa (1984), his 'birth centenary volume,' gives only his English language writings in the bibliography.  He doesn't appear to cite the article in his book on A"soka either.
>  
>  Does anyone know where I might find this article, or have any notion as to how to go about the next steps in looking for it?  
>  
>  With my many thanks,
>  Chris Haskett
>  PhD cand., LCA, UW-Madison
>        
> ---------------------------------
> Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. 
>   
*Abhilekha-nikarah :*
*Asoka ke Prakrta stambhalekha evam Giranara, Prayaga, Meharauli, 
Mandasaura, tatha Aihola ke samskrtika abhilekha, vistrtabhumika-sahitah /*

Umasankara *Sarma*

1992 *1. samskarana.*
*Hindi* Book Book 141, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Dilli : Motilala Banarasidasa,

*Asoka kalina dharmika abhilekha /*

Gaurisankara Hiracanda *Ojha*;  Syamasundara *Dasa*

2002 *Samsodhita samskarana.*
*Hindi* Book Book xviii, 112 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Dilli : Bharatiya Kala Prakasana, ; ISBN: 8186050760 9788186050767

Inscriptions of Asoka, King of Magadha, fl; 259 B.C.; with Hindi and 
Sanskrit translation.

The above may have the article that you want.

Bindu




From christophe.vielle at UCLOUVAIN.BE  Thu Aug  9 08:37:11 2007
From: christophe.vielle at UCLOUVAIN.BE (Christophe Vielle)
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 07 10:37:11 +0200
Subject: Astangahrdaya on CD (project)
Message-ID: <161227080962.23782.7569780743450463799.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

 From The Hindu Online edition, Thursday, Aug 09, 2007

Kerala, Kochi :


An ancient text in modern format

Staff Reporter

Ashtangahrudayam CDs soon

KOCHI: Thani Illam, the eco-and heritage-friendly homestay at 
Perumbavoor, has always taken the path less travelled. This time, 
those behind the venture are trying to bring out Ashtangahrudayam, in 
audio CD format.

"The attempt is to bring back the feel of oral tradition," said 
Santhosh Thannikkat of Thani Illam. Aryavaidyan A.M.G. Namboodiri is 
reciting the verse in the Yajurveda [sic - read Ayurveda] text. It 
comprises 8000 slokas in 120 chapters.

The 70-year-old has more than four decades of experience in the 
field. He is one among the few scholars who studied Sanskrit and 
Ayurveda in the Gurukula and normal academic systems, Mr. Santhosh 
said.

Mr. Santhosh is planning to release the work, expected to be a 20-CD 
set, at the third Ashtangahrudaya Sathram, to be held at Thiruvalla 
from October 21 to 28.

"While our present generation is moving away from the rich tradition, 
Western scholars are trying to record it. Meaningful research and 
documentation is happening in Europe," said Mr. Santhosh.

"Senior Ayurveda practitioners will be consulted and corrections, if 
any, would be made before the final version is brought out," he said.
Cyber plans

In the long run, Mr. Santhosh plans to make the audio track available 
online. "After the official release, there are plans to post the MP3 
versions of the track on websites related to Ayurveda," he said.




From christophe.vielle at UCLOUVAIN.BE  Thu Aug  9 08:48:18 2007
From: christophe.vielle at UCLOUVAIN.BE (Christophe Vielle)
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 07 10:48:18 +0200
Subject: Astangahrdaya on audio CD (more)
Message-ID: <161227080965.23782.4187969441913729697.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

For those interested, I add the contact address of the illam:

Thani Illam
Thottuva, Koovappdy - 683544, Perumbavoor
Kerala, India
Ph : + 91 - 484 - 2649 679.
Email: thaniillam at sify.com or santhapan at yahoo.com
Site: www.thaniillam.org


Christophe Vielle




From athr at LOC.GOV  Fri Aug 10 15:58:50 2007
From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 07 11:58:50 -0400
Subject: South Asian attitudes towards furniture
Message-ID: <161227080967.23782.3532038613242380260.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I was walking on Capitol Hill and passing by a house which I had earlier noted was occupied by South Asians (it was noteworthy for having banana trees outside it every summer).  There was a big container and a moving crew in front of it, moving out contemporary and very undistinguished not to say crummy furniture.  I got in a chat with the movers and they said the family was returning to India.  I remarked that it would be much cheaper to buy new furniture in India, and of a much better quality, than to ship it back.  They remarked that they had thought that too, but please not to tell the family.  

I have not gotten the impression hitherto that South Asians are particularly attached to particular pieces of furniture.  I've read that French and Italians traditionally think it's against family piety to let loose of any piece of inherited furniture, however inconvenient or out of fashion.  I think American Southerners often have a similar attitude.  But in any case this was things like beanbag chairs, which almost certainly weren't inherited from Great Granddad.  Does spending thousands to ship back recently acquired and undistinguished furnishings fit into any South Asian pattern anyone's observed?

Allen





Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian
South Asia Team, Asian Division
Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4810
tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr at loc.gov
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress.




From bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Fri Aug 10 16:59:13 2007
From: bb145 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Bindu Bhatt)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 07 12:59:13 -0400
Subject: South Asian attitudes towards furniture
In-Reply-To: <20070810T115850Z_AE4F00170000@loc.gov>
Message-ID: <161227080969.23782.14729411602830921616.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Allen W Thrasher wrote:
> I was walking on Capitol Hill and passing by a house which I had earlier noted was occupied by South Asians (it was noteworthy for having banana trees outside it every summer).  There was a big container and a moving crew in front of it, moving out contemporary and very undistinguished not to say crummy furniture.  I got in a chat with the movers and they said the family was returning to India.  I remarked that it would be much cheaper to buy new furniture in India, and of a much better quality, than to ship it back.  They remarked that they had thought that too, but please not to tell the family.  
>
> I have not gotten the impression hitherto that South Asians are particularly attached to particular pieces of furniture.  I've read that French and Italians traditionally think it's against family piety to let loose of any piece of inherited furniture, however inconvenient or out of fashion.  I think American Southerners often have a similar attitude.  But in any case this was things like beanbag chairs, which almost certainly weren't inherited from Great Granddad.  Does spending thousands to ship back recently acquired and undistinguished furnishings fit into any South Asian pattern anyone's observed?
>
> Allen
>
>
>
>
>
> Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian
> South Asia Team, Asian Division
> Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150
> 101 Independence Ave., S.E.
> Washington, DC 20540-4810
> tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr at loc.gov
> The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress.
It is very difficult to generalize. However, it is my guess that perhaps 
the owners are not paying for the container. It may be possible that the 
tab for the move was taken care of by the employer. I don't see any 
other reason for carrying things like beanbag! 
Bindu




From jkirk at SPRO.NET  Fri Aug 10 19:58:04 2007
From: jkirk at SPRO.NET (jkirk)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 07 13:58:04 -0600
Subject: South Asian attitudes towards furniture
In-Reply-To: <20070810T115850Z_AE4F00170000@loc.gov>
Message-ID: <161227080971.23782.11754134604398145728.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

 
I was walking on Capitol Hill and passing by a house which I had earlier
noted was occupied by South Asians (it was noteworthy for having banana
trees outside it every summer).  There was a big container and a moving crew
in front of it, moving out contemporary and very undistinguished not to say
crummy furniture.  I got in a chat with the movers and they said the family
was returning to India.  I remarked that it would be much cheaper to buy new
furniture in India, and of a much better quality, than to ship it back.
They remarked that they had thought that too, but please not to tell the
family.  

I have not gotten the impression hitherto that South Asians are particularly
attached to particular pieces of furniture.  I've read that French and
Italians traditionally think it's against family piety to let loose of any
piece of inherited furniture, however inconvenient or out of fashion.  I
think American Southerners often have a similar attitude.  But in any case
this was things like beanbag chairs, which almost certainly weren't
inherited from Great Granddad.  Does spending thousands to ship back
recently acquired and undistinguished furnishings fit into any South Asian
pattern anyone's observed?

Allen
Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian
Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150
=============
Well, I suspect that their move back to India was being paid for by an
employer, and so they figured OK--send it back and flog it there. 

One of the reasons family furniture-piety did not develop in India might be
because of the insects and the climate, both of which are extremely hard on
anything made of wood. Metal items--brass murtis and the like-- would be
preserved, but they are also heavy and hard to move and if you are a
government servant your posting might be changed from time to time. In
Ludhiana, Panjab, a rich family I knew kept beautiful old brass utensils in
the house, including one in the room for bathing --this latter item was
gigantic--it seemed to be 4 feet in diameter--must have held a ton of water.
Sikh villagers also kept copper and brass utensils as d?cor, lined up on a
high shelf, probably no longer used.

Middle and upper class women I knew or came across did tend to preserve
heirloom fabrics--saris, shawls, quilts.  Also, they held on to family
heirloom gold and jewlery of all kinds--gold being the most lasting of any
furnishing and a reserve bank account, so to speak.

I spent a lot of time in Bangladesh from the mid-seventies on, and noticed
that middle class homes or apartments there usually had a glass-windowed
wooden cabinet where they kept trinkets and souvenirs, or in some instances,
books loaded up with DDT, in hope that the termites couldn't get to them.
These and I suspect other noxious insects are so prevalent, plus the extreme
climate-- are such a bother-- that it was logical for Indians (I guess
before globalization came on the scene) not to make a presentation of self
point of home furnishings (exception being people who admired foreign
culture and ideas--like Nirad Chaudhury, for example).

Joanna Kirkpatrick
Bennington college, ret.



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From swantam at ASIANETINDIA.COM  Sun Aug 12 03:43:50 2007
From: swantam at ASIANETINDIA.COM (Maheswaran Nair)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 07 09:13:50 +0530
Subject: South Asian attitudes towards furniture
In-Reply-To: <003201c7db88$c3bda790$2930cece@OPTIPLEX>
Message-ID: <161227080973.23782.15856577225308467854.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In Kerala there is a craze for everything foreign and so smuggled  
goods are sold out like anything. Here in Trivandrum, there is a  
place-Bimappally which is known for shops selling foreign items.When  
one returns after visit abroad  friends and relatives ask for  
something foreign one has brought for them- it can be anything. To own  
anything foreign is considred by many to be a matter of prestige,  
there is also a negligence for indigineous and veneration for foreign.  
A Malayalam poet has written lines sarcastic on this fascination for  
foreign.
Regards
K.Maheswaran Nair
University of Kerala


Quoting jkirk <jkirk at SPRO.NET>:

>
> I was walking on Capitol Hill and passing by a house which I had earlier
> noted was occupied by South Asians (it was noteworthy for having banana
> trees outside it every summer).  There was a big container and a moving crew
> in front of it, moving out contemporary and very undistinguished not to say
> crummy furniture.  I got in a chat with the movers and they said the family
> was returning to India.  I remarked that it would be much cheaper to buy new
> furniture in India, and of a much better quality, than to ship it back.
> They remarked that they had thought that too, but please not to tell the
> family.
>
> I have not gotten the impression hitherto that South Asians are particularly
> attached to particular pieces of furniture.  I've read that French and
> Italians traditionally think it's against family piety to let loose of any
> piece of inherited furniture, however inconvenient or out of fashion.  I
> think American Southerners often have a similar attitude.  But in any case
> this was things like beanbag chairs, which almost certainly weren't
> inherited from Great Granddad.  Does spending thousands to ship back
> recently acquired and undistinguished furnishings fit into any South Asian
> pattern anyone's observed?
>
> Allen
> Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian South Asia Team, Asian
> Division Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150
> =============
> Well, I suspect that their move back to India was being paid for by an
> employer, and so they figured OK--send it back and flog it there.
>
> One of the reasons family furniture-piety did not develop in India might be
> because of the insects and the climate, both of which are extremely hard on
> anything made of wood. Metal items--brass murtis and the like-- would be
> preserved, but they are also heavy and hard to move and if you are a
> government servant your posting might be changed from time to time. In
> Ludhiana, Panjab, a rich family I knew kept beautiful old brass utensils in
> the house, including one in the room for bathing --this latter item was
> gigantic--it seemed to be 4 feet in diameter--must have held a ton of water.
> Sikh villagers also kept copper and brass utensils as d?cor, lined up on a
> high shelf, probably no longer used.
>
> Middle and upper class women I knew or came across did tend to preserve
> heirloom fabrics--saris, shawls, quilts.  Also, they held on to family
> heirloom gold and jewlery of all kinds--gold being the most lasting of any
> furnishing and a reserve bank account, so to speak.
>
> I spent a lot of time in Bangladesh from the mid-seventies on, and noticed
> that middle class homes or apartments there usually had a glass-windowed
> wooden cabinet where they kept trinkets and souvenirs, or in some instances,
> books loaded up with DDT, in hope that the termites couldn't get to them.
> These and I suspect other noxious insects are so prevalent, plus the extreme
> climate-- are such a bother-- that it was logical for Indians (I guess
> before globalization came on the scene) not to make a presentation of self
> point of home furnishings (exception being people who admired foreign
> culture and ideas--like Nirad Chaudhury, for example).
>
> Joanna Kirkpatrick
> Bennington college, ret.
>
>
>
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From gthomgt at COMCAST.NET  Mon Aug 13 00:56:23 2007
From: gthomgt at COMCAST.NET (George Thompson)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 07 20:56:23 -0400
Subject: request for an email address
In-Reply-To: <00ad01c7d471$6a8a25e0$cf565f80@allrsdelld8200>
Message-ID: <161227080976.23782.14348056903655542122.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear List,

If any list member knows of the email address of the art historian Prof. 
Anna Dallapiccola [presently at Edinburgh, as I am told], I would be 
grateful if this could be sent to me offlist, so as to protect her privacy.

Thank you for any help in this matter.

George Thompson




From garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG  Fri Aug 17 11:29:16 2007
From: garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG (Enrica Garzilli)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 07 13:29:16 +0200
Subject: Lady Ratan Tata
Message-ID: <161227080978.23782.3271612411274614230.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

COuld anybody provide me with some bio info on Lady Ratan Tata, 
(?-1922?), the famous wife of Sir Ratan Tata, the 2nd of the two sons of 
Jamsetji Tata?

Thank you in advance,

Dr. Enrica Garzilli




From asko.parpola at HELSINKI.FI  Sat Aug 18 06:59:23 2007
From: asko.parpola at HELSINKI.FI (Asko Parpola)
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 07 09:59:23 +0300
Subject: Lady Ratan Tata
Message-ID: <161227080981.23782.6822297580560623851.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Could the following work be of any help? Best regards, Asko

Harris, F. R., 1925. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: A chronicle of his life. 
London. xix, 348 pp., 25 pl., 2 folding panoramas. 

Quoting Enrica Garzilli <garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG>:

> COuld anybody provide me with some bio info on Lady Ratan Tata, 
> (?-1922?), the famous wife of Sir Ratan Tata, the 2nd of the two sons of
> 
> Jamsetji Tata?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> Dr. Enrica Garzilli
> 
> 


Asko Parpola
Institute for Asian and African Studies
POB 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland




From garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG  Sat Aug 18 13:03:23 2007
From: garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG (Enrica Garzilli)
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 07 15:03:23 +0200
Subject: Lady Ratan Tata
In-Reply-To: <1187420363.46c698cba56cf@webmail.helsinki.fi>
Message-ID: <161227080983.23782.1812804426695393634.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thank you Asko, it looks like the right book!
Thanks to Pankaj, too.

Best,

Dr. Enrica Garzilli

Asko Parpola wrote:
> Could the following work be of any help? Best regards, Asko
> 
> Harris, F. R., 1925. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: A chronicle of his life. 
> London. xix, 348 pp., 25 pl., 2 folding panoramas. 
> 
> Quoting Enrica Garzilli <garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG>:
> 
>> COuld anybody provide me with some bio info on Lady Ratan Tata, 
>> (?-1922?), the famous wife of Sir Ratan Tata, the 2nd of the two sons of
>>
>> Jamsetji Tata?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Dr. Enrica Garzilli
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Asko Parpola
> Institute for Asian and African Studies
> POB 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
> FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
> 




From annamisia at YAHOO.COM  Tue Aug 21 10:14:05 2007
From: annamisia at YAHOO.COM (Anna A. Slaczka)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 07 03:14:05 -0700
Subject: publication announcement
Message-ID: <161227080986.23782.17196042096868759741.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 
I am happy to announce the publication of my book
?Temple Consecration Rituals in Ancient India. Text
and Archaeology?, which appeared one month ago in
Brill?s Indological Library Series. For more
information, please consult the publisher?s website:

http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=18&pid=28374

(Sorry for cross-posting)

 

Anna A. Slaczka, PhD

Leiden, The Netherlands




       
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From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU  Wed Aug 22 02:41:14 2007
From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 07 22:41:14 -0400
Subject: publication announcement
In-Reply-To: <975505.43416.qm@web55913.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227080993.23782.5819613706482078468.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Anna,

You might tell us the regional emphasis of your study.  There are  
major regional differences, and where you geographically  locate your  
study is of considerable importance.

John



>

John C. Huntington, Professor
(Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
http://history-of-art.osu.edu/3_people/faculty.php
Visit the Huntington Archive At:
<http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu>
Department of the History of Art
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, U.S.A.

Street Address:
108 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1318 U.S.A.

Phone:
(614) 688-8198




From annamisia at YAHOO.COM  Wed Aug 22 06:51:19 2007
From: annamisia at YAHOO.COM (Anna A. Slaczka)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 07 23:51:19 -0700
Subject: publication announcement
In-Reply-To: <F0ECE043-CA08-4310-BD04-1E5B66239D68@osu.edu>
Message-ID: <161227080999.23782.1040718873733589978.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear John,

My main textual source was the so-called
Kaazyapazilpa, a South Indian Saiva text (most
probably an upaagama) from ca. 11-12th century AD. For
the study I made also use of several zilpazaastras,
such as the Mayamata, the Maanasaara and many more,
the ritual texts of the Vaisnavas (the Vaikhaanasas
and the Paancaraatras) and the South Indian Saiva
Aagamas.
The tradition of placing a consecration deposit
(garbha) in a temple under construction in the way it
is described in the Kaazyapazilpa is mentioned mainly
in South Indian architectural and ritual texts
(including the Keralan Tantrasamuccaya). The ceremony
of depositing the first bricks/stones, also described
in the Kaazyapazilpa, is also mentioned in some texts
that most probably originated in the North of India.
The South Indian Saivaagamas are still considered an
authority in the South of India (Tamil Nadu) but not
all described rituals are performed following the old
texts.

Kind regards,

Anna Slaczka.




--- "John C. Huntington" <huntington.2 at OSU.EDU> wrote:

> Dear Anna,
> 
> You might tell us the regional emphasis of your
> study.  There are  
> major regional differences, and where you
> geographically  locate your  
> study is of considerable importance.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> >
> 
> John C. Huntington, Professor
> (Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
> http://history-of-art.osu.edu/3_people/faculty.php
> Visit the Huntington Archive At:
> <http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu>
> Department of the History of Art
> The Ohio State University
> Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
> 
> Street Address:
> 108 North Oval Mall
> Columbus, OH 43210-1318 U.S.A.
> 
> Phone:
> (614) 688-8198
> 



       
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From mjslouber at BERKELEY.EDU  Wed Aug 22 16:10:51 2007
From: mjslouber at BERKELEY.EDU (Michael Slouber)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 07 09:10:51 -0700
Subject: The word uttara in the titles of texts,              particularly "saiva tantras
Message-ID: <161227081005.23782.8057720361761206486.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Indology members,

   I am working on a "saiva gaaru.da-/bhuutatantra text called the
kriyaakaalagu.nottara, and am trying to understand the title,
particularly the final member of the compound, uttara.  Thus far I can
see three main possibilities:

1.  uttara as a generic honorific appended in the sense of 'The Higher
(tantra) of ...'

2.  uttara as a parinipaata only with gu.na, in the sense of 'The Higher
Qualities (of)...'

3. in this context of a conversation between "Siva and Kaarttikeya, uttara
in the sense of 'reply (concerning)...'


I would be grateful for any feedback in this matter and/or other possible
interpretations I have missed.

Sincerely,

Michael Slouber
UC Berkeley




From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU  Tue Aug 21 23:41:35 2007
From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 07 09:41:35 +1000
Subject: New books on caste and power in the Pancatantra
Message-ID: <161227080989.23782.17702461409208618399.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear friends

I am pleased to announce the publication of my book 'The Fall of the 
Indigo Jackal: The Discourse of Division and Purnabhadra's Pancatantra', 
by SUNY Press. Thanks to all those kind colleagues on the Indology list 
who have supported me in this project over the past five years.

<http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61473>

Details: http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61473

Extract from publisher's blurb:

"In this book, McComas Taylor looks at the discourses that give shape 
and structure to the fall of the indigo jackal and the other tales 
within the /Pancatantra./ The work?s fictional metasociety of animals, 
kings, and laundrymen are divided according to their /jati,/ or ?kind.? 
This discourse of caste holds that individuals? essential natures, 
statuses, and social circles are all determined by their birth. Taylor 
applies contemporary critical theory developed by Foucault, Bourdieu, 
Barthes, and others to show how these ideas are related to other 
Sanskritic master-texts, and describes the ?regime of truth? that 
provides validation for the discourse of division."


-- 
===============================
Dr McComas Taylor
Head, South Asia Centre
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
Fax: +61 2 6125 8326

Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
URL: http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Dr_McComas_Taylor
Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building 




From mkmfolk at GMAIL.COM  Wed Aug 22 05:38:25 2007
From: mkmfolk at GMAIL.COM (Mahendra Kumar Mishra)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 07 11:08:25 +0530
Subject: New books on caste and power in the Pancatantra
In-Reply-To: <46CB782F.9010304@anu.edu.au>
Message-ID: <161227080996.23782.4483397076023304413.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

 Dear  Taylor,
  May  i request you to send a copy of the  book  caste   and power
in  the panchatantra .I am   an Indian fiolklorist   and want to
read  the books, and review this.
  I hope  that  you  will sure take interest  to have an  Indian
reader and reviewer  of your book.
 To know my  folklore  work  in India  kindly have a glance at my web  site :
 www.asgporissa.org/mahendra
 with  best regards, mahendra  mishra

On 8/22/07, McComas Taylor <mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Dear friends
>
> I am pleased to announce the publication of my book 'The Fall of the
> Indigo Jackal: The Discourse of Division and Purnabhadra's Pancatantra',
> by SUNY Press. Thanks to all those kind colleagues on the Indology list
> who have supported me in this project over the past five years.
>
> <http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61473>
>
> Details: http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61473
>
> Extract from publisher's blurb:
>
> "In this book, McComas Taylor looks at the discourses that give shape
> and structure to the fall of the indigo jackal and the other tales
> within the /Pancatantra./ The work's fictional metasociety of animals,
> kings, and laundrymen are divided according to their /jati,/ or "kind."
> This discourse of caste holds that individuals' essential natures,
> statuses, and social circles are all determined by their birth. Taylor
> applies contemporary critical theory developed by Foucault, Bourdieu,
> Barthes, and others to show how these ideas are related to other
> Sanskritic master-texts, and describes the "regime of truth" that
> provides validation for the discourse of division."
>
>
> --
> ===============================
> Dr McComas Taylor
> Head, South Asia Centre
> Faculty of Asian Studies
> The Australian National University
> ACTON ACT 0200
>
> Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
> Fax: +61 2 6125 8326
>
> Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
> URL: http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Dr_McComas_Taylor
> Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building
>




From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU  Wed Aug 22 15:30:25 2007
From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 07 11:30:25 -0400
Subject: publication announcement
In-Reply-To: <391835.33397.qm@web55906.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227081002.23782.1227218016609026499.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thank you Anna, this is most useful

John


On Aug 22, 2007, at 2:51 AM, Anna A. Slaczka wrote:

> Dear John,
>
> My main textual source was the so-called
> Kaazyapazilpa, a South Indian Saiva text (most
> probably an upaagama) from ca. 11-12th century AD. For
> the study I made also use of several zilpazaastras,
> such as the Mayamata, the Maanasaara and many more,
> the ritual texts of the Vaisnavas (the Vaikhaanasas
> and the Paancaraatras) and the South Indian Saiva
> Aagamas.
> The tradition of placing a consecration deposit
> (garbha) in a temple under construction in the way it
> is described in the Kaazyapazilpa is mentioned mainly
> in South Indian architectural and ritual texts
> (including the Keralan Tantrasamuccaya). The ceremony
> of depositing the first bricks/stones, also described
> in the Kaazyapazilpa, is also mentioned in some texts
> that most probably originated in the North of India.
> The South Indian Saivaagamas are still considered an
> authority in the South of India (Tamil Nadu) but not
> all described rituals are performed following the old
> texts.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Anna Slaczka.
>
>
>
>
> --- "John C. Huntington" <huntington.2 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Dear Anna,
>>
>> You might tell us the regional emphasis of your
>> study.  There are
>> major regional differences, and where you
>> geographically  locate your
>> study is of considerable importance.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>> John C. Huntington, Professor
>> (Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
>> http://history-of-art.osu.edu/3_people/faculty.php
>> Visit the Huntington Archive At:
>> <http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu>
>> Department of the History of Art
>> The Ohio State University
>> Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
>>
>> Street Address:
>> 108 North Oval Mall
>> Columbus, OH 43210-1318 U.S.A.
>>
>> Phone:
>> (614) 688-8198
>>
>
>
>
>
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From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU  Wed Aug 22 21:24:46 2007
From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 07 16:24:46 -0500
Subject: The word uttara in the titles of texts,              particularly "saiva tantras
Message-ID: <161227081008.23782.10409215412053058676.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Uttara is used rather frequently in the titles of
Buddhist tantras, with the meanings of, roughly,
"higher, superior, subsequent, further," often
denoting a tantra that is regarded as building upon,
developing, filling out, or supplementing, some 
more basic tantra. E.g., we find a Zrii-Vajraca.n.dacittaguhya-
tantra, a ....guhya -tantrottara, and a ... guhya
-tantrottarottara (Tohoku 458-460). But the
real relations holding among such groups of texts
have not, to my knowledge, been systematically studied
as yet, and until this is done, the exact sense
of "uttara" and "uttarottara" in these cases will remain
somewhat uncertain. 

Whether or not the Buddhist usage corresponds with the
Zaiva is of course another question.

Matthew T. Kapstein
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Directeur d'?tudes
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris




From navadipanyaya at HOTMAIL.COM  Thu Aug 23 08:16:30 2007
From: navadipanyaya at HOTMAIL.COM (JAGANADH GOPINADHAN)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 07 08:16:30 +0000
Subject: avagraha in Malayalam Manuscript
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Is there any evidence for use of avagraha (akAra praslesha) sign in 
Malayalam Manuscripts. If so please try to give refereance or image of the 
same with details
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From dominic.goodall at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug 23 09:13:11 2007
From: dominic.goodall at GMAIL.COM (Dominic Goodall)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 07 14:43:11 +0530
Subject: The word uttara in the titles of texts,              particularly "saiva tantras
In-Reply-To: <20070822162446.ASF76316@m4500-02.uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <161227081013.23782.4699456992960808196.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I think that there are a number of ideas that can be intended with - 
uttara in such titles.  The idea that first suggests itself is  
surely, as Matthew Kapstein has pointed out, that the work in  
question builds on or supplements an earlier one.

The Uttarasuutra of the Ni"svaasatattvasa.mhitaa, for instance,  
appears to be a supplement to the Muulasuutra of the same text (an  
edition of the text is underway in Pondicherry). No claim to  
superiority seems to be intended. So too the Rauravottara claims to  
follow on from an earlier Raurava, giving further teachings of "Siva  
to Ruru, and the unpublished Mohacuu.dottara (aka Moha"suurottara), a  
conversation between "Siva and Indra, claims to follow on from  
(without being superior to) an earlier tantra. For a non-tantric  
(perhaps lay Paa"supata) instance of this sort of name, one could  
point to the unpublished "Sivadharmottara.

In some "Saiva cases the tantra in question claims also to transcend  
the tantra that it follows.  Thus the Sarvaj~naanottaratantra (a  
complete edition of which is underway in Pondicherry) announces that  
it follows on from the Vaathula, giving further questions that  
Kaarttikeya addressed to "Siva, along with "Siva's replies.  (Cf. the  
Vi"svasaarottara, which I do not think survives, but whose title is  
evidently a similar claim to universal superiority.)

Of the Vaathula itself (also known as the Vaatula, Aagneya,  
Kaalapaada, Kaalaj~naana, etc.) there are many recensions with  
various titles and the "original" recension may not survive, but the  
colophons of the surviving texts tend to use the titles Kaalaj~naana  
and Kaalottara interchangeably.  Now it is possible that the -uttara  
in Kaalottara expresses that the text bearing the title follows upon  
and transcends a tantra called Kaala, but it is also possible that in  
this case another idea is expressed, namely that the text treats of  
transcending Time/Death.  (The title Kaalaj~naana refers to the  
knowledge that a yogin may attains of the time of his death, this  
kaalaj~naana being a topic which forms an important part of the  
surviving short recensions.)  Comparable, perhaps, is the  
Diik.sottara, "Beyond Initiation".

In some cases the -uttara may either be otiose or express no more  
than that the tantra is superior among other unspecified tantras.
Thus the M.rgendratantra is in the colophons to some MSS referred to  
as the M.rgendrottara (e.g. the manuscript that also transmits the  
Paraakhya), even though there is no earlier M.rgendratantra which  
claims to supplement or excel (the tantra claims instead to be a  
recension (upabheda) of the Kaamikatantra).  And are there not also  
MSS that transmit the Paa~ncaraatra Jayaakhyasa.mhitaa whose  
colophons call the text the Jayottara ?  In this last case another  
interpretation could be arrived at by bahuvriihi-analysis : "that  
which has Victory as its result". (Cf. also Vallabhadeva, commenting  
on uttara in Raghuva.m"sa 6.50: uttara"sabda aadhikyam bruvaa.na.h  
sammi"sratvam aaha.)

In short, I think that there are a number of possibilities to be  
considered, among which the 3 that Michael Slouber suggested do not  
seem to me, at first blush, to be the most probable.

Dr. Dominic Goodall
Head,
Pondicherry Centre,
Ecole fran?aise d'Extr?me-Orient ("French School of Asian Studies"),
P.O. Box 151,
16 & 19, Dumas Street,
Pondicherry 605001,
INDIA
+91 413 2334539  /
+91 413 2225689 /
+91 413 2332504
Fax +91 413 2330886
(dominicgoodall at efeo-pondicherry.org)



On 23 Aug 2007, at 02:54, mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU wrote:

> Uttara is used rather frequently in the titles of
> Buddhist tantras, with the meanings of, roughly,
> "higher, superior, subsequent, further," often
> denoting a tantra that is regarded as building upon,
> developing, filling out, or supplementing, some
> more basic tantra. E.g., we find a Zrii-Vajraca.n.dacittaguhya-
> tantra, a ....guhya -tantrottara, and a ... guhya
> -tantrottarottara (Tohoku 458-460). But the
> real relations holding among such groups of texts
> have not, to my knowledge, been systematically studied
> as yet, and until this is done, the exact sense
> of "uttara" and "uttarottara" in these cases will remain
> somewhat uncertain.
>
> Whether or not the Buddhist usage corresponds with the
> Zaiva is of course another question.
>
> Matthew T. Kapstein
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
> The University of Chicago Divinity School
>
> Directeur d'?tudes
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris




From himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT  Thu Aug 23 13:21:53 2007
From: himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT (Himal Trikha)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 07 15:21:53 +0200
Subject: dhava/dhavI
Message-ID: <161227081016.23782.11618592204141074256.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear members of the forum,

the Sanskrit word dhava designates (as far as I can make out) two 
different plants:

1. grislea tomentosa, a hard, blood-red clustered bush
http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK3498R6817951819V1&identifier=0105

2. anogeissus latifolia, a large erect deciduous tree, 9-15 meters 
(sometimes 24 m) used for the production of gum
http://www.krystal-colloids.com/bigghatti.html

I wonder if anyone of you is aware of classical sources mentioning that 
the height of anogeissus latifolia is above average?

The background of my question is a passage in the SatyazAsanaparIkSA, a 
text of the Jain author Vidyanandin, that states with regard to the 
anekAntazAsana, i.e. "Jain philosophy":

tad eva satyazAsanadhavIm AroDhum ISTe.
So far I translate:
"This (anekantazAsana) alone is able to rise up to (being) the possessor 
of the true doctrine."

One of the problems with this translation is that for dhava no femininum 
ending in -I is attested, neither for the designation of the social 
function nor for the plant/s. But as an alternative name for dhava, 
namely dhAtakI, is in the femininum, I thought that the word dhavI could 
  designate anogeissus latifolia, used as an metaphor for an exceptional 
high viewpoint, from which you can oversee the surroundings.

Thank you very much for any suggestion!

With best regards

Mag. Himal Trikha
Institute for Southasian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
Vienna University
Austria




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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 07 06:17:41 -0400
Subject: Lecturer in Sanskrit, University of Toronto
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From aklujkar at INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA  Fri Aug 24 02:29:53 2007
From: aklujkar at INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA (Ashok Aklujkar)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 07 07:59:53 +0530
Subject: dhava/dhavI
Message-ID: <161227081019.23782.14068479304595746424.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I try not to emend texts, but in the case of the text you have cited I have
a strong suspicion that the original of dhavIm was padavIm, 'path,'
contextually frequently meaning 'level, status'. Pl check the mss.

ashok aklujkar


On 8/23/07 6:51 PM, "Himal Trikha" <himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT> wrote:
> a passage in the SatyazAsanaparIkSA, a
> text of the Jain author Vidyanandin, that states with regard to the
> anekAntazAsana, i.e. "Jain philosophy":
> 
> tad eva satyazAsanadhavIm AroDhum ISTe.
> So far I translate:
> "This (anekantazAsana) alone is able to rise up to (being) the possessor
> of the true doctrine."




From arlo.griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL  Fri Aug 24 14:01:47 2007
From: arlo.griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Arlo Griffiths)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 07 16:01:47 +0200
Subject: dhava/dhavI
In-Reply-To: <C2F44079.604E%aklujkar@interchange.ubc.ca>
Message-ID: <161227081024.23782.1084739155906062693.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

May I hazard a speculation upon the wording as reported by Himal Trikha?

The Laak.saasuukta of the Atharvaveda (;Saunakasa.mhitaa 5.5 /  
Paippalaadasa.mhitaa 6.4) contains a stanza (also attested  
as .Rgvedakhila 4.7.5), whose Paippalaada version I have edited and  
translated as follows in my thesis:

bhadraa plak.se *ni ti.s.thasy a;svatthe khadire dhave |
bhadraa nyagrodhe par.ne saa na ehy arundhati ||

Gracious you reside on the Plak.sa, on the A"vsattha, on the Khadira,  
onthe Dhava, gracious on the Nyagrodha, on the Par.na: so come to us,  
Arundhatii!

This suukta contains a forms of and paronomastic reference to the  
verb aa-ruh: repeated forms of arundhatii-, aa rohasi in ;SS 5.5.3a /  
PS 6.4.5a: v.rk.sa.mv.r.k.sam aa rohasi.

This material contained in the Laak.saasuukta at least speaks for an  
association in Sanskritic culture of the lac-insect (here also called  
Arundhatii) with climbing on host-trees (v.rk.sam aa-ruh), one of  
which is the dhava-. It appears to me that this may have some  
relevance to Vidyaanandin's choice of words, if dhavii- is indeed =  
dhava-.

Arlo Griffiths


On Aug 24, 2007, at 4:29 AM, Ashok Aklujkar wrote:

> I try not to emend texts, but in the case of the text you have  
> cited I have
> a strong suspicion that the original of dhavIm was padavIm, 'path,'
> contextually frequently meaning 'level, status'. Pl check the mss.
>
> ashok aklujkar
>
>
> On 8/23/07 6:51 PM, "Himal Trikha" <himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT> wrote:
>> a passage in the SatyazAsanaparIkSA, a
>> text of the Jain author Vidyanandin, that states with regard to the
>> anekAntazAsana, i.e. "Jain philosophy":
>>
>> tad eva satyazAsanadhavIm AroDhum ISTe.
>> So far I translate:
>> "This (anekantazAsana) alone is able to rise up to (being) the  
>> possessor
>> of the true doctrine."

Arlo Griffiths
Instituut Kern, Universiteit Leiden
Postbus 9515
2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands

phone: +31-(0)71-5272622
fax: +31-(0)71-5272956
email: <arlo.griffiths at let.leidenuniv.nl>
<www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl>




From himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT  Fri Aug 24 15:10:32 2007
From: himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT (Himal Trikha)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 07 17:10:32 +0200
Subject: dhava/dhavI
In-Reply-To: <0B406686-7452-427F-AD60-471784127806@let.leidenuniv.nl>
Message-ID: <161227081027.23782.3095084637650256597.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Arlo Griffiths,

thank you very much indeed for your reference which supports the 
assumption, that the picture of something climbing up a tree is involved 
here (if dhavI is dhava and not a corruption of something else like 
padavI, as Ashok Aklujkar suggested).
Still: the dhava in the LAkSAsUkta is mentioned as a tree amongst 
others. The plant I am looking for has to be a very prominent one, a 
vanaspati, or one that is extraordinary auspicious and hard to reach, as 
the goals of the anekAntazAsana in Vidyanandins eyes excel those of 
every other doctrine.

Thanks again

Himal Trikha


Arlo Griffiths schrieb:
> May I hazard a speculation upon the wording as reported by Himal Trikha?
> 
> The Laak.saasuukta of the Atharvaveda (;Saunakasa.mhitaa 5.5 / 
> Paippalaadasa.mhitaa 6.4) contains a stanza (also attested as 
> .Rgvedakhila 4.7.5), whose Paippalaada version I have edited and 
> translated as follows in my thesis:
> 
> bhadraa plak.se *ni ti.s.thasy a;svatthe khadire dhave |
> bhadraa nyagrodhe par.ne saa na ehy arundhati ||
> 
> Gracious you reside on the Plak.sa, on the A"vsattha, on the Khadira, 
> onthe Dhava, gracious on the Nyagrodha, on the Par.na: so come to us, 
> Arundhatii!
> 
> This suukta contains a forms of and paronomastic reference to the verb 
> aa-ruh: repeated forms of arundhatii-, aa rohasi in ;SS 5.5.3a / PS 
> 6.4.5a: v.rk.sa.mv.r.k.sam aa rohasi.
> 
> This material contained in the Laak.saasuukta at least speaks for an 
> association in Sanskritic culture of the lac-insect (here also called 
> Arundhatii) with climbing on host-trees (v.rk.sam aa-ruh), one of which 
> is the dhava-. It appears to me that this may have some relevance to 
> Vidyaanandin's choice of words, if dhavii- is indeed = dhava-.
> 
> Arlo Griffiths
> 
> 
> On Aug 24, 2007, at 4:29 AM, Ashok Aklujkar wrote:
> 
>> I try not to emend texts, but in the case of the text you have cited I 
>> have
>> a strong suspicion that the original of dhavIm was padavIm, 'path,'
>> contextually frequently meaning 'level, status'. Pl check the mss.
>>
>> ashok aklujkar
>>
>>
>> On 8/23/07 6:51 PM, "Himal Trikha" <himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT> wrote:
>>> a passage in the SatyazAsanaparIkSA, a
>>> text of the Jain author Vidyanandin, that states with regard to the
>>> anekAntazAsana, i.e. "Jain philosophy":
>>>
>>> tad eva satyazAsanadhavIm AroDhum ISTe.
>>> So far I translate:
>>> "This (anekantazAsana) alone is able to rise up to (being) the possessor
>>> of the true doctrine."
> 
> Arlo Griffiths
> Instituut Kern, Universiteit Leiden
> Postbus 9515
> 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
> 
> phone: +31-(0)71-5272622
> fax: +31-(0)71-5272956
> email: <arlo.griffiths at let.leidenuniv.nl>
> <www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl>
> 




From aklujkar at INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA  Mon Aug 27 03:21:45 2007
From: aklujkar at INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA (Ashok Aklujkar)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 07 08:51:45 +0530
Subject: dhava/dhavI
Message-ID: <161227081030.23782.8266130642630932492.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Just from recall: 

Kathaa-sarit-saagara: vivaada-padavii.m praaptau samau saamaanya-bhuumipau
"Before a court of law, there is no difference between a king and an
ordinary man." 

(Note that this principle, articulated in the 13th century and probably
before, did not come to India from British, French or Portuguese law;. With
an inconsequential difference of detail it is being applied to the kings of
modern times -- popular movie actors -- in India right now.)

Nyaaya-ma;njarii:

asmadaade"s ca raagaadimalaavara.nadhuusaram /
mano na labhate j~naanaprakar.sapadavii.m paraam //

There are, as I recall, many more occurrences in the prose part of the NM,
involving notions such as vyavahaarapadavii, smara.napadavii,
manorathapadavii, etc.

A systematic search will reveal that padavii + a verb meaning 'to move' or
'to climb, to ascend to, to mount,' that is, phrases involving imaginary
movement as in pa;ncatva.m gam are not uncommon.

ashok aklujkar


I try not to emend texts, but in the case of the text you have cited I have
a strong suspicion that the original of dhavIm was padavIm, 'path,'
contextually frequently meaning 'level, status'. Pl check the mss.

ashok aklujkar


On 8/23/07 6:51 PM, "Himal Trikha" <himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT> wrote:
> a passage in the SatyazAsanaparIkSA, a
> text of the Jain author Vidyanandin, that states with regard to the
> anekAntazAsana, i.e. "Jain philosophy":
> 
> tad eva satyazAsanadhavIm AroDhum ISTe.
> So far I translate:
> "This (anekantazAsana) alone is able to rise up to (being) the possessor
> of the true doctrine."




From aklujkar at INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA  Mon Aug 27 03:27:25 2007
From: aklujkar at INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA (Ashok Aklujkar)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 07 08:57:25 +0530
Subject: My addresses
Message-ID: <161227081032.23782.8317102284569516784.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

For those who correspond with me:

Kindly note that emails sent to the address <aklujkar at unixg.ubc.ca> will no
longer reach me. 

Please use either <ashok.aklujkar at ubc.ca> or <ashok.aklujkar at gmail.com> to
contact me by email.

As I have retired from the University of British Columbia at the end of 2006
(I continue my association with the University as Professor Emeritus), it is
more convenient for me to receive non-electronic communications, printed
materials etc., at my home address:
Prof./Dr. Ashok Aklujkar
5346 Opal Place 
Richmond, B.C. 
Canada V7C 5B4  

Thanks. 

Sorry for any repetition of this message you may see on other lists.

ashok aklujkar




From hwtull at MSN.COM  Wed Aug 29 13:30:11 2007
From: hwtull at MSN.COM (Herman Tull)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 07 09:30:11 -0400
Subject: e-mail address request
In-Reply-To: <459E8781.2010001@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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To the list:

I am trying to find an e-mail address for Srilata Mueller.  I had an address 
at Heidelberg, but it no longer seems to work.  Please reply to me at 
hwtull at msn.com.

Thanks you,

Herman Tull
Princeton, NJ




From hwtull at MSN.COM  Wed Aug 29 16:10:28 2007
From: hwtull at MSN.COM (Herman Tull)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 07 12:10:28 -0400
Subject: address
Message-ID: <161227081041.23782.16720045730326765987.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thank you to all those who so promptly replied to my request for Srilata 
Mueller's address.

Herman Tull




From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK  Wed Aug 29 14:10:34 2007
From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 07 15:10:34 +0100
Subject: Advertisement: Sanskrit chair in Zurich
Message-ID: <161227081036.23782.1018213667376042775.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


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From harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM  Wed Aug 29 15:57:15 2007
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 07 15:57:15 +0000
Subject: e-mail address request
Message-ID: <161227081039.23782.12398763608778484681.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear List:
 
As far as I know she is at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
 
Harsha V. Dehejia
Ottawa, ON., Canada.



> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:30:11 -0400> From: hwtull at MSN.COM> Subject: e-mail address request> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk> > To the list:> > I am trying to find an e-mail address for Srilata Mueller. I had an address > at Heidelberg, but it no longer seems to work. Please reply to me at > hwtull at msn.com.> > Thanks you,> > Herman Tull> Princeton, NJ




From j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM  Thu Aug 30 09:11:25 2007
From: j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM (Jan E.M. Houben)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 07 02:11:25 -0700
Subject: Sanskrit Grammar on Wikipedia/ was: Re: Wikipedia Logo
In-Reply-To: <BAY114-DAV69F448C3DEBA8001740FFDB140@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <161227081043.23782.15211725273164265545.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In connection with this apparent error in representing "wi" in Devanagari in the Wikipedia Logo, it is encouraging that the Wikibooks section for open content textbooks now also contains a wikibook on Sanskrit with chapters devoted to Basic Grammar, the Verb, the Noun etc. 
  Unfortunately there is much to correct in whatever little is there ... 
  At least at the bottom of the page there are references: 
  "Wikner's introduction to Sanskrit is a good start.
  Sanskrit: An Easy Introduction to an Enchanting Language by Professor Ashok Aklujkar is also recommended"
   
  Jan Houben  

Herman Tull <hwtull at MSN.COM> wrote:
  The NY Times reports today (6/25) that "In postings on internal mailing groups, users of Wikipedia have described obvious mistakes in the design, a globelike jigsaw puzzle with characters from various languages on the pieces. Two of the characters - one in Japanese and one in Devanagari, the script used in Sanskrit and several modern Indian languages - are meaningless because of minor slips." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25wikipedia.html?ref=technology

A quick look at the logo shows that the error is in the vowel sign, long "i", which in the logo appears after the consonant "v". Funny, because this, of course, is the mistake beginning students typically make in their devanagari writing exercises.

Herman Tull
Princeton, NJ


       
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From j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM  Thu Aug 30 10:52:33 2007
From: j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM (Jan E.M. Houben)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 07 03:52:33 -0700
Subject: Sanskrit Grammar on Wikipedia/ was: Re: Wikipedia Logo
In-Reply-To: <560238.66481.qm@web43141.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227081045.23782.2540279451291801483.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

to be found on: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Sanskrit

"Jan E.M. Houben" <j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM> wrote:  In connection with this apparent error in representing "wi" in Devanagari in the Wikipedia Logo, it is encouraging that the Wikibooks section for open content textbooks now also contains a wikibook on Sanskrit with chapters devoted to Basic Grammar, the Verb, the Noun etc. 
Unfortunately there is much to correct in whatever little is there ... 
At least at the bottom of the page there are references: 
"Wikner's introduction to Sanskrit is a good start.
Sanskrit: An Easy Introduction to an Enchanting Language by Professor Ashok Aklujkar is also recommended"

Jan Houben 

Herman Tull wrote:
The NY Times reports today (6/25) that "In postings on internal mailing groups, users of Wikipedia have described obvious mistakes in the design, a globelike jigsaw puzzle with characters from various languages on the pieces. Two of the characters - one in Japanese and one in Devanagari, the script used in Sanskrit and several modern Indian languages - are meaningless because of minor slips." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25wikipedia.html?ref=technology

A quick look at the logo shows that the error is in the vowel sign, long "i", which in the logo appears after the consonant "v". Funny, because this, of course, is the mistake beginning students typically make in their devanagari writing exercises.

Herman Tull
Princeton, NJ



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From ssandahl at SYMPATICO.CA  Thu Aug 30 14:25:46 2007
From: ssandahl at SYMPATICO.CA (Stella Sandahl)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 07 10:25:46 -0400
Subject: Job opening at Univeristy of Toronto
Message-ID: <161227081051.23782.13496856522207664147.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

This job description seems to imply just about everything, so I guess  
it's no harm to post it here on the Indology list. Applicants should  
be aware of that the responsible at U. of T.  love theory/theories.
Stella Sandahl



Position Title/Rank:

Assistant Professor

Division:

Faculty of Arts and Science and University of Toronto Mississauga

Department:

Asian Institute and Department of Anthropology or History

Deadline:

November 1, 2007

Job Description:

The Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto and the  
University of Toronto Mississauga invite applications for a full-time  
tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor in  
Postcolonial Studies and Empire in Asia, starting July 1, 2008. This  
position is a 49% appointment in the Asian Institute and a 51%  
appointment in either the Department of History, St. George Campus OR  
the Department of Anthropology, Mississauga Campus.

The ideal candidate would advance interdisciplinary and interregional  
scholarship on modern Asia, focusing on colonial relations within or  
across Asian societies and drawing on methodologies associated with  
colonial/postcolonial studies, anthropology, history and critical  
area studies. Topics can be far-ranging and could  include gender and  
sexuality; capitalism; science and technology; cultural, political  
and economic subject-formation; and ?Asia? as a category of knowledge.

Scholars on any geographical area of Asia are encouraged to apply.  
Only applicants with Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2008, strong  
disciplinary training in anthropological or historical methods,  
excellence in research and teaching, and demonstrated proficiency in  
at least one Asian language will be considered. Salary is  
commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The closing date for applications is November 1, 2007. Please apply  
with a full C.V., a chapter/article length writing sample and  
teaching dossier to the administrator of the search: Eileen Lam,  
Institute Manager and Project Officer, Asian Institute at the  
University of Toronto, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1  
Devonshire Place, Toronto, Canada M5S 3K7. Please arrange for three  
letters of reference to be sent to the address above, under separate  
cover, to arrive by the closing date.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within  
its community and especially welcomes applications from visible  
minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with  
disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may  
contribute to the further diversification of ideas. The University of  
Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct research and live in  
one of the most diverse cities in the world.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians  
and permanent residents will be given priority.


--
Professor Stella Sandahl
Department of East Asian Studies
130 St. George St. room 14087
Toronto, ON M5S 3H1
stella.sandahl at utoronto.ca
Tel. (416) 978-4295
Fax. (416) 978-5711




From christophe.vielle at UCLOUVAIN.BE  Thu Aug 30 12:25:42 2007
From: christophe.vielle at UCLOUVAIN.BE (Christophe Vielle)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 07 14:25:42 +0200
Subject: avagraha in Malayalam Manuscript
In-Reply-To: <BAY138-F31D0B5227FD6EB6D717309A5D60@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <161227081048.23782.4389324771949695658.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

 From my personal experience of reading Sanskrit manuscripts in 
Malayalam script, I never came across  any special sign noting the 
avagraha, which appears to be never written in this script.
Christophe Vielle (at the snake-boat race in Aranmula, Kerala)

>Collegues
>Is there any evidence for use of avagraha (akAra praslesha) sign in 
>Malayalam Manuscripts. If so please try to give refereance or image 
>of the same with details
>With thanks and regards
>
>
>JAGANADH.G
>LINGUIST
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From slaje at T-ONLINE.DE  Fri Aug 31 06:07:00 2007
From: slaje at T-ONLINE.DE (Walter Slaje)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 07 06:07:00 +0000
Subject: avagraha in Malayalam Manuscript
Message-ID: <161227081056.23782.7492315699817984375.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

R. Gr?nendahl, South Indian Scripts in
Sanskrit Manuscripts and Prints,
Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz) 2001, p. 92
(sub Malayalam Basis Characters and
Ligatures, avagraha):

"only in prints; avagraha not documented
in mss.!"

Best, WS

 "Kengo Harimoto"
<mailto:kengo.harimoto at UNI-HAMBURG.DE>
schrieb:
> In manuscripts I have used, there are occasional uses of a sign that 
> must be meant to be avagraha. (And we are talking about Sanskrit 
> manuscripts written in Malayalam script, right?) Unfortunately I am 
> being unable to find a sample right away.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> -- 
> kengo harimoto
> 
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 21:25 , Christophe Vielle wrote:
> 
> > From my personal experience of reading Sanskrit manuscripts in 
> > Malayalam script, I never came across any special sign noting the 
> > avagraha, which appears to be never written in this script.
> > Christophe Vielle (at the snake-boat race in Aranmula, Kerala)
> >
> >> Collegues
> >> Is there any evidence for use of avagraha (akAra praslesha) sign 
> >> in Malayalam Manuscripts. If so please try to give refereance or 
> >> image of the same with details
> >> With thanks and regards
> >>
> >>
> >> JAGANADH.G
> >> LINGUIST
> >> HDG-LTS
> >> C-DAC
> >> VELAYAMBALAM
> >> THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
> >> P-H+91 9895420624
> >> E-MAIL- mailto:jaganadh at cdactvm.in,mailto:navadipanyaya at hotmail.com/ 
> >> mailto:jaganadhg at gmail.com
> >> http://sabdabodha.googlepages.com
> >> www.malayalammorph.blogspot.com
> >> www.malayalamresourceceter.org
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________________
> >> Live the life in style with MSN Lifestyle. Check out! http:// 
> >> content.msn.co.in/Lifestyle/Default
> 
 

-- 
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D-99425 Weimar (Germany)
Tel/Fax: +49-(0)3643 501391
-----------------------------------------
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From kengo.harimoto at UNI-HAMBURG.DE  Fri Aug 31 05:17:43 2007
From: kengo.harimoto at UNI-HAMBURG.DE (Kengo Harimoto)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 07 14:17:43 +0900
Subject: avagraha in Malayalam Manuscript
In-Reply-To: <a06240801c2fb49fb5d5c@[192.168.1.3]>
Message-ID: <161227081053.23782.16160319535317237447.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In manuscripts I have used, there are occasional uses of a sign that  
must be meant to be avagraha.  (And we are talking about Sanskrit  
manuscripts written in Malayalam script, right?)  Unfortunately I am  
being unable to find a sample right away.

All the best,

-- 
kengo harimoto

On Aug 30, 2007, at 21:25 , Christophe Vielle wrote:

> From my personal experience of reading Sanskrit manuscripts in  
> Malayalam script, I never came across  any special sign noting the  
> avagraha, which appears to be never written in this script.
> Christophe Vielle (at the snake-boat race in Aranmula, Kerala)
>
>> Collegues
>> Is there any evidence for use of avagraha (akAra praslesha) sign  
>> in Malayalam Manuscripts. If so please try to give refereance or  
>> image of the same with details
>> With thanks and regards
>>
>>
>> JAGANADH.G
>> LINGUIST
>> HDG-LTS
>> C-DAC
>> VELAYAMBALAM
>> THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
>> P-H+91 9895420624
>> E-MAIL- jaganadh at cdactvm.in,navadipanyaya at hotmail.com/ 
>> jaganadhg at gmail.com
>> http://sabdabodha.googlepages.com
>> www.malayalammorph.blogspot.com
>> www.malayalamresourceceter.org
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Live the life in style with MSN Lifestyle. Check out! http:// 
>> content.msn.co.in/Lifestyle/Default