Re: [INDOLOGY] Origin of Mahācīna

[Lubomir Ondracka]

Mayrhofer (KEWA: 392) "Cīnāḥ, Cīnakāḥ m. plur. die Chinesen ...  Wohl vom Reichsnamen Ts'in [= Qin].
And he refers to some older sources.
LO

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 20:18:29 +0000
"Walser, Joseph" <Joseph.Walser at tufts.edu> wrote:

> I have been teaching that cīna in Sanskrit sources refers to the Qin dynasty. I have no idea where I got that, so someone correct me if I am wrong.
> 
> -j
> 
> 
> Joseph Walser
> 
> Associate Professor
> 
> Department of Religion
> 
> Tufts University
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> From: INDOLOGY [indology-bounces at list.indology.info] on behalf of Buchta, David [david_buchta at brown.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Origin of Mahācīna
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> Hi Deven,
> 
> I've seen cīna, without "mahā-" not infrequently. See, for an example, Mahābhārata 2.23.19 of the critical edition. I can't recall where else off the top of my head.
> 
> From GRETIL:
> 02,023.019a sa kirātaiś ca cīnaiś ca vṛtaḥ prāgjyotiṣo 'bhavat
> 02,023.019c anyaiś ca bahubhir yodhaiḥ sāgarānūpavāsibhiḥ
> 
> Best,
> David
> 
> David Buchta
> Lecturer in Sanskrit
> Department of Classics
> Brown University
> 
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Deven Patel <deven.m.patel at gmail.com<mailto:deven.m.patel at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Dear list members,
> 
> A Sinologist colleague of mine has raised the following question to me.  Any thoughts would be appreciated:
> 
> Conventional wisdom among certain Sinologists is that the Western name "China" derives from the Sanskrit Mahācīna, etc.  Sinologists do not seem to know, or at least do not cite, sources for this attribution.  How old is the name, and how trustworthy are the texts?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Deven
> --
> Deven M. Patel
> South Asia Studies
> University of Pennsylvania
> 
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