Re: [INDOLOGY] जन्मतो जायते शूद्रः

Jesse Knutson jknutson at hawaii.edu
Mon Sep 19 21:25:19 UTC 2016


Thanks David Buchta for your kind response. अनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि--to misquote
Kālidāsa: अाशा वरमधिगुणे लब्धकामा,j

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:16 AM, Buchta, David <david_buchta at brown.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Jesse,
>
> A slight variant, "janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ," is traced to the Skanda Purāṇa,
> Nāgara-khaṇḍa 239.31 on the website linked below. The author of the website
> article includes a screenshot of a published edition with the text
> highlighted, but does not give any information about the edition of the
> text. Still, I hope it is a helpful lead.
> http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/05-14/editorials11673.htm
>
> Ted Benke also quotes the passage in his dissertation (p. 267, see link
> below), saying that it is "attributed to Manu," citing Radhakrishnan.
> http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=
> 1133&context=edissertations
>
> Best,
> David
> --
> David Buchta
> Lecturer in Sanskrit
> Department of Classics
> Brown University
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Jesse Knutson <jknutson at hawaii.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Indologists and Friends, A friend and colleague, Ramdas Lamb, has
> drawn my attention to, and asked me about the source, of a half-verse,
> which he has heard quoted a lot in Ramanandi circles in India.  He is doing
> some very interesting ethnographic work on the evolution of this order, and
> told me about several inter-caste, Vedic पाठशालाs they have recently
> established, incorporating sometimes even dalits, women, and adivasis.  I
> have a feeling one of you knows the source. Thanks for your time. भवदीयः,J
> >
> > जन्मतो जायते शूद्रः संस्काराद्द्विज उच्यते
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jesse Ross Knutson PhD
> > Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali, Department of Indo-Pacific
> Languages and Literatures
> > University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
> > 461 Spalding
> >
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-- 
Jesse Ross Knutson PhD
Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali, Department of Indo-Pacific
Languages and Literatures
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
461 Spalding


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