Re: [INDOLOGY] Paṭhanārtha and vācanārtha

[Madhav Deshpande]

I have seen these terms in the colophons of Atharvaveda manuscripts from
the region of Gujarat.

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


On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM Tyler Williams via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Jacob,
>
> This is a common feature in colophons and is often found with genitives to
> indicate for whom the manuscript was copied. Scholars of Jainism would know
> better than I any particular connoted performance contexts, but in general
> this can mean for both study and recitation (at least in the case of
> non-Jain manuscripts).
>
> Best,
> TWW
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 11-Sep-2018, at 4:51 PM, Jacob Schmidt-Madsen via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > I have recently come across the expressions "paṭhanārtha" and
> "vācanārtha" at the end of a few colophons in Jaina manuscripts and
> drawings/diagrams. I assume that the expressions indicate that the
> text/drawing in question was copied for purposes of study, and would be
> interested to know if they are conventionally used in colophons to indicate
> as much.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Jacob
> >
> > Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
> > PhD Fellow (Indology)
> > University of Copenhagen
> > Denmark
> >
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