Re: [INDOLOGY] Tracing a verse in Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅginī

[Walter Slaje]

The source of this enumeration is definitely not Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅgiṇī.
The dignified kavi he was would never have expressed himself in such a dry,
non-poetical style.

Kind regards,
WS


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2015-07-23 10:18 GMT+02:00 Rohana Seneviratne <
rohana.seneviratne at orinst.ox.ac.uk>:

>  Dear All,
>
>  I will be very much thankful if you could kindly help me locate the
> following verse in Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅginī, which describes the ten classes
> of Brahmins. Many secondary works cite it as appearing in the Rājataraṅginī
> but does not give the exact reference.
>
>  “karṇāṭakāś ca tailaṅgā drāviḍā mahārāṣṭrakāḥ gurjarāś ceti pancaiva
> drāviḍā vindhyadakṣiṇe | sārasvatāḥ kānyakubjā gauḍā utkalamaithilāḥ
> pañcagauḍā iti khyātā vindhyasyottaravāsinaḥ.”
>
>  [The five Drāviḍa classes (Pañca Drāviḍas) living to the south of the
> Vindhyā (mountain range) are Karṇāṭakas (in Karnataka), Tailaṅgas (in
> Andhra), Drāviḍas (in Tamilnadu and Kerala), those in Mahārāṣṭra and those
> in Gurjaras (in Gujarat). Sārasvatas (in Punjab, Kashmir & Sindh),
> Kānyakubjas (in Uttar Pradesh), Gauḍas (in Kurukshetra and Rajasthan),
> Utkalas (in Orissa), and Maithilīs (in Bihar) living to the north of the
> Vindhya are known as the five Gauḍa classes (Pañca Gauḍas.)].
>
>  Thank you very much in advance.
>
>   Best Wishes,
> Rohana
> ------------------------------------------------
> Rohana Seneviratne
> DPhil Student in Sanskrit
> The Oriental Institute
> Faculty of Oriental Studies
> University of Oxford
> Pusey Lane, Oxford
> OX1 2LE
> United Kingdom
>
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