[INDOLOGY] Query

[Madhav Deshpande]

Dear Dan,

     The reading कलाद्यन्तयोः स्थितिः is most likely a misprint for
कलावाद्यन्तयोः
स्थितिः, which looks like a pāda of an Anuṣṭubh verse.  I have never seen a
complete verse.  However, this quote is one of the several texts cited to
argue that there are no real Kṣatriyas (and Vaiśyas) in the Kali age.  The
other famous quotes used in this debate are Purāṇic lines नन्दान्तं
क्षत्रियकुलम् and इत: प्रभृति शूद्रा भूपाला भविष्यन्ति, along with the
story of Paraśurāma exterminating the Kṣatriyas 21 times.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:22 AM Dan Lusthaus <prajnapti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The version commented on in the source cited by Michael Allen is कलाद्यन्तयोः
> स्थितिः .
>
> Happy new year,
> Dan
>
>
> On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:15 PM, Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the correction, Madhav. I was wondering about the “aunty
> varna”—a completely new concept …
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
>
> On 31 Dec2019, at 10:52, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear Paturiji,
>
>      This quote in some medieval Dharmaśāstra works is interpreted to mean
> that in the Kali Yuga, only the ādya varṇa [= Brahmins] and the antya varṇa
> [= śūdras] survive, and that there are no true Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas.  This
> quote was the basis for rejecting the Kṣatriyahood of some kings during the
> medieval times.
>
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 9:08 PM Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Is it कलौ  + आद्यन्तयोः स्थितिः > कलावाद्यन्तयोः स्थितिः?
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:12 AM alakendu das via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Kalav may imply space and time, while Stithi indicates a state of
>>> equilibrium.However, I am sceptical about the term  "Adyantos"
>>>
>>> Alakendu Das.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY" <indology at list.indology.info>
>>> Sent: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:40:37 GMT+0530
>>> To: Indology <indology at list.indology.info>
>>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Query
>>>
>>> A colleague who is no on this list asked whether anyone can trace this
>>> expression: kalāv ādyantayos sthitiḥ. Any clues? Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Patrick
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