[INDOLOGY] Date of Candranandana

[Roland Steiner]

Dear Andrey,

> it appears the easiest, perhaps, to go  with Snar-Thang’s (and  
> Peking’s) “sgrib byed”

Certainly the solution.



> to assume an intermediate step — that is, Sthagana, [...] I think  
> *śrīmatthakkana- is more likely than *śrīmatsthagana-

In my view, it is not necessary to assume that sthagana was actually  
in a manuscript (if that is your assumption). It is sufficient that  
thakkana was traced back etymologically to Sanskrit sthagana.

Best,
Roland