[INDOLOGY] Deccan College sanskrit ditionary

Madhav Deshpande mmdesh at umich.edu
Sun Aug 12 14:01:04 UTC 2018


Dear Herman,

     Can you give us your translation of this Ashokan passage?  Thanks.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 6:58 AM Tieken, H.J.H. <
H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:

> For (apa)vyaya, see also Aśoka's Rock Edict 3 D: sādhu apaviyayatā (sādhu
> alpavyayatā) (and variants).
>
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> Onderwerp: Re: [INDOLOGY] Deccan College sanskrit ditionary
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> Dear Prof. Deshpande,
>
> > [...] apavyaya is a relatively newer formation.  It is more common
> > in modern languages, and probably entered into Sanskrit dictionaries
> > through the usage of some Pandits who were the source for western
> > scholars.
>
> I absolutely agree. Most probably Wilson's entry (MW's presumable
> source here) goes back to the information given by contemporary
> Pandits which fits perfectly well in the fact that the lemma apavyaya
> is lacking in both of the Petersburg dictionaries.
>
> Roland
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