[INDOLOGY] Help me please

[Horacio Francisco Arganis Juarez]

Dear Indologits.

 I have two questions:
1. - Are there cases in Indian history, that the word prabhu had been used for holy women?
2. - What would be the optimal word in female gender of prabhu in Sanskrit and  the other vernacular languages ​​derived from this?

I will be so thanks for your help.
With my best wishes.

Dr. Horacio Francisco Arganis Juárez
Lic. M.A. Ph. D. Catedrático Investigador de la Universidad
Internacional Euroamericana.
Departamento de Filosofía y Religión Comparada.
www.uie.edu.es

 

Dear Indologits.

 I have two questions:
1. - Are there cases in Indian history, that the word prabhu had been used for holy women?
2. - What would be the optimal word in female gender of prabhu in Sanskrit and  the other vernacular languages ​​derived from this?

I will be so thanks for your help.
With my best wishes.

Dr. Horacio Francisco Arganis Juárez
Lic. M.A. Ph. D. Catedrático Investigador de la Universidad
Internacional Euroamericana.
Departamento de Filosofía y Religión Comparada.
www.uie.edu.es



________________________________
 De: Patrick Olivelle <jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu>
Para: Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu> 
CC: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info> 
Enviado: Miércoles, 22 de mayo, 2013 16:27:30
Asunto: Re: [INDOLOGY] mAtAjI
 

I have seen and translated this or similar verse, but cannot put my finger on it. The issue, however, is NOT about speaking about about "seeing"  -- that is regarding. In the verse I have seen the locatives are given as accusatives: mātṛvat paradārañ ca etc. Also the last pāda, as I remember it runs: yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati -- one who sees (this way), truly sees.

Patrick



On May 22, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Howard Resnick wrote:

> Do we know the history of the Hindu custom of addressing women as  mAtA or mAtAji?
> 
> Some Hindu traditions quote CANakya/KauTilya as follows: 
> 
> mAtRvat para-dAreSu, para-dravyeSu loSTravat, Atmavat sarva-bhUteSu, yaH paZyati sa paNDitaH
> 
> "A pandita is he who sees others' wives as mother, others' property as dirt, all beings as oneself."
> 
> Yet typically itihasa-purana texts do not show men addressing others' wives, and certainly not women in general, as "mother."
> 
> Any help with this is sincerely appreciated.
> 
> Best,
> Howard Resnick
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