Sanskrit proverb?

[elisa freschi]

Maybe we can all agree that "Sanskrit" in the attribution "Sanskrit  
proverb" (just like very often in the Internet) only means "Ancient  
Wisdom". I think we discussed a similar issue already and Dominik  
brought several examples of people thinking that other inspiring  
"subhāášŖitas" must have certainly come from India.

Best,

elisa freschi


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On 15/mag/12, at 07:07, Dipak Bhattacharya wrote:

>
> 15 5 12
> It vaguely reflects the idea of rolling time in a Tagore song
> “With two hands are played the cymbals of time,
>  Left and right
> With two hands…/
> Beat by beat
> Morning and night
> New waves ever go on rising,
> In the conflict yonder of white and black
> Various colours are created rhythmically
> Etc etc”
>  A point by point similarity is not claimed.
> Best
> DB
>
> From: Benjamin Fleming <fleming_b4 at HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2012 3:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit proverb?
>
> Well the very first link attributes it to Kālidāsa, though this may  
> well be an apocryphal attribution. The (English) quote appears to  
> come from Sir William Osler (deemed "father of modern medicine") who  
> supposedly liked to use it in his speeches. The attributed title is  
> "Salutation to the Dawn". One can find a number of email lists on  
> 'the google' (to quote George Bush) who have attempted to vet this  
> with not much success, although I did not search too deeply.
>
> Now, there is 20 minutes I will never get back. . . .
>
> Back to editing articles.
>
> BF
>
> -- 
>
> Benjamin Fleming,
> Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Religious Studies;
> Cataloger, Sanskrit Manuscripts, Rare Book & Ma nuscript Library;
> University of Pennsylvania 249 S. 36th Street,
> 201 Claudia Cohen Hall
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>
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:07:49 -0400
> From: ssandahl at SYMPATICO.CA
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit proverb?
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
>
> If you google the line "For yesterday is but a dream
> And tomorrow is only a vision."
> --
> You'll get 137,000 results - but no real answer of course!
> Best
> Stella Sandahl
> ssandahl at sympatico.ca
>
>
>
> On 2012-05-14, at 11:16 AM, Valerie J Roebuck wrote:
>
> For yesterday is but a dream
> And tomorrow is only a visio n.
>
>
>



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