Asoka: Roads and Animals

[Stella Sandahl]

I have a recollection that the word s¨pa in the annabhoga chapter of  
the Månasollåsa refers to dål, which in this text is cooked with  
meat esp. bone marrow. I don't have access to the text right now, but  
could find it later if anyone wants the exact reference.
Stella
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Stella Sandahl
ssandahl at sympatico.ca



On 17-Aug-11, at 4:53 PM, Patrick Olivelle wrote:

> The term is sūpa -- the expression sūpātthāya (Sk.  
> sūpārthāya) -- for the sake of sūpa (probably more like stew,  
> broth).
>
> PO
>
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Jo wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Since I’m dying of curiosity, if I may ask, can someone tell me  
>> what is the edict’s term for ‘curry’?
>>
>> Anthropologists are also skeptical of such number codes and have  
>> published about them-- but sorry, no references come to mind.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Joanna
>>
>>
>>
>> " Obliquely, the Ist Rock Edict: "Formerly in the kitchen of king  
>> Devanampriya Priyadarśin many hundred thousands of animals (bahūni
>> prāṇasatasahāsrani) were killed daily for the sake of curry"
>> [Hultzsch, 1925, p. 2]."
>>
>> Sounds to me that one ought to apply the rule David Henige gives  
>> for premodern figures above ten thousand in his Numbers from  
>> Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate: just as a  
>> beginning, knock off the last digit.  Henige deals with evidence  
>> from a lot of other places besides the Americas, though as best I  
>> recall not South Asia.
>>
>>
>> Allen
>>
>> Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.
>> Asian Division, Library of Congress
>> Washington, DC 20540-4810
>> The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the  
>> Library of Congress.
>>
>>
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