Brahmanical Pancarohani festival?

[Walser, Joseph]

Wonderful! Thank you so much.

-j





Joseph Walser

Associate Professor

Department of Religion

Tufts University

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From: Indology [INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] on behalf of Madhav Deshpande [mmdesh at UMICH.EDU]
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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Brahmanical Pancarohani festival?

Hi Joseph,

     The following article by S.G. Kantawala discusses the rite of pratyavarohana:

http://www.indologica.com/volumes/vol21-22/vol21-22_art11_KANTAWALA.pdf.

Hope this helps you.  Best,

Madhav Deshpande

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu<mailto:mmdesh at umich.edu>> wrote:


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From: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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





Joseph Walser

Associate Professor

Department of Religion

Tufts University



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Madhav M. Deshpande
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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