Asoka: Roads and Animals

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Is there any reason to think Skt sūpa is a false friend?  Can we not say
"soup"?  There must be descriptions somewhere, surely in the pākaśāstra
literature.  In the āyurvedaśāstra too: I must check.

Dominik



On 17 August 2011 22:53, Patrick Olivelle <jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu> wrote:

> The term is sūpa -- the expression sūpātthāya (Sk. sūpārthāya) -- for the
> sake of sūpa (probably more like stew, broth).
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> On Aug 17, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Jo wrote:
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> Dear List,****
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> Since I’m dying of curiosity, if I may ask, can someone tell me what is
> the edict’s term for ‘curry’?****
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> Anthropologists are also skeptical of such number codes and have published
> about them-- but sorry, no references come to mind.****
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> Thanks****
> Joanna****
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> " 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]."****
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> 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. ****
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> Allen****
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> 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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