[INDOLOGY] Sentence ends

Mon Feb 8 07:59:19 UTC 2016

Dear Colleague,

I address the issue in my contribution to Peter Scharf’s edited volume on Sanskrit syntax, but my observations won’t (can’t) provide the kind of definite answer that you may be looking for.

If you don’t have access to Peter Scharf’s volume I could send you a copy of my contribution offlist.

All the best,

Hans Henrich

On 7 Feb 2016, at 06:21, hellwig7 at gmx.de wrote:

> Dear list members,
> 
> this question has been asked before, nevertheless, I try it again:
> Are there any guidelines or rules that describe where a Sanskrit sentence ends, esp. in metrical texts such as the Mbh or Ram? Or, formulated differently, where a modern editor may insert a full stop or period?
> 
> I would be highly interested both in modern reflections and in ideas brought forward in Indian grammar. I am aware of the papers about Sanskrit sentences written by Matilal (1966), Cardona (1975), and Deshpande (1991), and of the blog of Elisa Freschi.
> 
> To obtain some quantitative support, I have designed a short questionnaire on Google Docs, containing about 10 extracts mainly from the MBh. If you have a few minutes of free time, you may have a look at it, and add a few periods.
> 
> Here's the short link (you need to copy the greyed text at the top of each question into the answer field ... a bit too much copying for me):
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1em966fiCyaMgNPEx-7LGmQyb1jny775HyPdO1aObT3w/viewform?usp=send_form
> 
> And this is a link with prefilled answer fields, which is the more comfortable solution. If it does not come through on Indology, please send me a mail:
> 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> 
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Oliver
> 
> --- PD Dr. Oliver Hellwig
> University of Düsseldorf, Germany 
> 
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