Question

[Jan Houben]

Dear Lars,

Gonda usually adapts statements from literature to his graded exercises.



The full verse hinted at by him here is:

striyo hi naama khalv etaa.h   nisargaad eva pa.n.ditaa.h /

puru.saa.naa.m tu paa.n.ditya.m   ;saastrair evopadi;syate //

which is found in ;Suudraka's M.rcchaka.tikaa IV;



The same verse is cited by J.S. Speyer in his Sanskrit Syntax p. 340 to
illustrate "antithesis expressed by adversative particles".



Jan


On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Lars Martin Fosse <lmfosse at online.no>wrote:

> Dear members of the list,
>
> In his grammar/introduction to Sanskrit (exercise V, sentence 2, p. 99),
> Jan
> Gonda gives the following sentence:
>
> striyo nisargAdeva paNDitAH
>
> Would any of you happen know where this statement comes from? An exact
> "chapter and verse" would be very helpful!
>
> Best regards
>
> Lars Martin Fosse
>
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