[INDOLOGY] Examples of very ambiguous devanagari Sanskrit sentences

[Matthew Kapstein]

well, there's always the famous prahelikaa verse:
ekonā viṃśati strīṇāṃ snānārthaṃ sarayūṃ gatāḥ | viṃśati pratiyātāḥ ca eko vyāghreṇa bhakṣitaḥ

where it all changes if you read:
eko nā

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago
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