Question

[Lars Martin Fosse]

Thank you, Jan!

This was really helpful! I am supervising a master's thesis, and my student
needed this quote, she is doing a women's study angle on the
Dasakumaracarita and prostitutes. 

All the best,

Lars Martin


From:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Jan Houben
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:15 AM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Question
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> > From:
> > Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse
> > Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114,
> > 0674 Oslo - Norway
> > Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax:  +47 850 21 250 Mobile phone: 
> +47 90 91 91 
> > 45
> > E-mail: lmfosse at getmail.no
> >
> 
> 
> 
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