[INDOLOGY] Deccan College sanskrit ditionary

[Madhav Deshpande]

Thanks, Herman.  The reading apaviyayata (alpavyayatā) and its
rendering "Mässigkeit
im ausgeben" shows that this is unrelated to apavyaya in the sense of
improper or wasteful use of money or time.  Best,

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


On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 7:09 AM Tieken, H.J.H. <
H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:

> Ulrich Schneider's German translation of sentence D runs as follows:
>
> Gut is Gehorsam gegen Vater und Mutter; gegenüber Freunden, Bekannten und
> Verwandten und gegenüber Brāhmaṇas und Śramaṇas is Freigebigkeit gut,
> gegenüber Tieren is Nich-Töten gut; Mässigkeit im ausgeben und
> Für-Sich-Behalen ist gut (... sādhu apaviyayatā apabhaṃḍatā sādhu).
>
> Herman Tieken
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> *Van:* Madhav Deshpande [mmdesh at umich.edu]
> *Verzonden:* zondag 12 augustus 2018 16:01
> *Aan:* Tieken, H.J.H.
> *CC:* steiner at staff.uni-marburg.de; Indology
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Deccan College sanskrit ditionary
>
> 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).
>>
>> Herman Tieken
>> Stationsweg 58
>> 2515 BP Den Haag
>> The Netherlands
>> 00 31 (0)70 2208127
>> website: hermantieken.com
>>
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>> Verzonden: zondag 12 augustus 2018 15:27
>> Aan: Madhav Deshpande
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>> Onderwerp: Re: [INDOLOGY] Deccan College sanskrit ditionary
>>
>> 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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