Fwd: [INDOLOGY] Brahmanical Pancarohani festival?

[Madhav Deshpande]

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From: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Brahmanical Pancarohani festival?
To: "Walser, Joseph" <Joseph.Walser at tufts.edu>


Hello Joseph,

     The Pali expression paccorohanii almost certainly corresponds to
Sanskrit Pratyavarohaṇī, rather than Pañcarohani.  The verb pratyavarohati
(Ardhamagadhi: paccoruhai) is commonly found in the Brāhmaṇa texts like the
Śatapatha.  I am not so familiar with all the  ritual literature, but there
may be a ritual in the Brāhmaṇas that is referred to by this name.  Best,

Madhav Deshpande

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Walser, Joseph <Joseph.Walser at tufts.edu>wrote:

> There are three sutras in the Anguttara Nikaya that mention a Paccorohanii
> festival celebrated by brahmins. The Chinese version of AN 10.167 gives a
> few more details than the Pali, but not much. Does anyone out there know of
> any discussion of this festival? Better yet, has anyone ever found a
> brahmanical source discussing this festival? Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> -j
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> Joseph Walser
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> Associate Professor
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> Department of Religion
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> Tufts University
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-- 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA




-- 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA


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