[INDOLOGY] A distraction from the Coronavirus

[Alfred Hiltebeitel]

Good work. I think this is better. Nahusa was in heaven seeking contact with Indrani when he was king there.

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> On Apr 15, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Christophe,
> 
>      I have been half awake while writing this verse.  You are right.  Let us make it Triśaṅku.  Thanks.
> 
> कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽसौ त्रिशङ्कुर्नृपसत्तम: ।
> स्वर्गं विहाय पृथ्वीं च मध्य एव प्रतिष्ठित: ।।४१।।
> 
> Scared of contracting the Coronavirus, the great king Trishanku left the earth and heaven and situated himself in the middle.
> 
> 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 Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 6:59 AM Christophe Vielle <christophe.vielle at uclouvain.be> wrote:
>> Do you mean Triśaṅku (instead of Nahuṣa):
>> 
>> triśaṅkor ivobhayalokabhraṣṭasya naktaṃdinam avākśirasas tiṣṭhataḥ, Harṣacarita 7 [249]
>> 
>> triśaṅkor upabhogāya na dyaur api na bhūr api, Murāri, Anargharāghava 1.59 (ed. Törzsök)
>> 
>> see also Kālidāsa, Abhijñānaśākuntala (Act. 2, just before stanza 17); Abhinavagupta, Paryantapañcāśikā, v. 37; Mokṣopaya 4,5.11
>> 
>> Acccording to the Malayalam Lexicon, the expression triśaṅku-svarggam means "a state of suspense or indefiniteness"
>>    
>>> Le 15 avr. 2020 à 15:38, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>>> 
>>> कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽसौ नहुषो नृपसत्तम: ।
>>> स्वर्गं विहाय पृथ्वीं च मध्य एव प्रतिष्ठित: ।।४१।।
>>> 
>>> Scared of contracting the Coronavirus, the great king Nahusha left the earth and heaven and situated himself in the middle.
>>> 
>>> 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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