Re: [INDOLOGY] vekurañja

Rolf Heinrich Koch rolfheiner.koch at gmail.com
Sat Nov 21 15:35:54 UTC 2020


My tip:

vekurañjāya (v.l. kuṇḍaṃ) hi so, bho Gotama, assataro hoti.
May be it is a mule?
This kind of horse (assatara) is probably also called a "bastard; a son 
born in adultery" (=kuṇḍa).

Heiner


Am 21.11.2020 um 15:36 schrieb Artur Karp via INDOLOGY:
> Dear List,
>
> I am working on a translation of the Pali Assalayana-sutta into Polish.
>
> And - the problem, with the term vekurañja. It appears in the text 
> only once, meaning - according to the context - possibly 'hybrid; 
> crossbreed'. But - I would like to be sure. The term is missing from 
> Rhys-Davids and Stede's dictionary, nor is it to be found (in some 
> Sanskrit form) in the Monier-Williams' dictionary.
>
> Any tips - please?
>
> With anti-pandemic greetings,
>
> Artur Karp
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