[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Excellent !
This would moreover be an additional "excuse" for the Hindi-spelling कोरोना
instead of Paninian  कोरोणा
Only minute correction, as seen before:  सन्मनुष्यानां  >>>   सन्मनुष्याणां
 ।

Jan Houben

On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 08:41, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Could this be a possible nirukti for Corona?
>
> को विजेता महामारीं
> रोगरूपामिवासुरीम् ।
> नाशिनीं सन्मनुष्यानां
> कोरोनां नाम नामतः ॥
>
> Christian Ferstl
>
>
> Am 02.04.2020 16:07, schrieb Madhav Deshpande:
> > "आम् । मयैव राम:
> > स्वनगरान्निष्कासित:, न
> > कैकेय्या" इति
> > कोरोनाब्रवीत् ।
> >
> > 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 Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 6:58 AM Christian Ferstl
> > <christian.ferstl at univie.ac.at> wrote:
> >
> >> विषाणुपरिहारार्थं किं
> >> रामः सह सीतया ।
> >> बहुपौरजनाकीर्णाम्
> >> अयोध्यां नगरीं जहौ ॥
> >>
> >> Did Rama and Sita leave the city of Ayodhya, crowded with many
> >> townsfolk, in order to avoid the virus?
> >>
> >> Christian Ferstl
> >>
> >> Am 02.04.2020 14:57, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
> >>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
> >>>
> >>> कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽहं
> >>> पश्यन् द्रोणागिरिं पुर:
> >> ।
> >>>
> >>> कथमुत्थापयाम्येनमिति
> >>> चिन्ता हनूमत: ।।
> >>>
> >>> “Scared about contacting the Coronavirus, I see the mountain
> >>> Dronagiri in front of me, but how can I lift it?” such is the
> >>> concern of Hanuman.
> >>>
> >>> 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]
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*Jan E.M. Houben*

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*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

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