[INDOLOGY] Can this be true?

[Patrick Olivelle]

I wrote a response but apparently sent it only to Dominik. Here it is:

Thank you, Dominik. I am no Pāṇinian, and it is good to know that this is a series work and advances scholarship. I was curious, however, about the use of ‘left’ and ‘right’ in the write-up on websites. These terms make sense only within a manuscript culture. Would the translations have to be “prior” and “posterior” or some terms to that effect, if we are dealing with orality?

Patrick





On Dec 15, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

Madhav, Rajpopat discusses this point and explicitly defends his view in paras 1.6 and 1.7.

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 at 07:11, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
In contrast with Patañjali, many modern scholars have argued that originally the rule "vipratiṣedhe paraṃ kāryam" was intended to apply only within the ekasaṃjñādhikāra prescribed by the previous rule "ā kaḍārād ekā saṃjñā." While Rishi Popat disagrees with Patañjali, he still seems to take the rule as applying across the entire Aṣṭādhyāyī. Popat has an interesting suggestion, but I am not yet convinced of his understanding of paratva. I would like to hear from my Guru, Professor Cardona.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 3:42 AM Arash Zeini via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
Thanks for sharing this. A great example of close reading, if true. I was most intrigued by Prof. Vergiani's statement:

"Mr Rajpopat said he had a ‘eureka moment’ after his supervisor at Cambridge, Professor of Sanskrit Vincenzo Vergiani, advised him: ‘If the solution is complicated, you are probably wrong.’"

All best,
Arash

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022, 08:13 Kenneth Gregory Zysk via INDOLOGY, <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:

I came across this in my morning news: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/student-solves-ancient-puzzle-that-baffled-scholars-for-centuries/ar-AA15i1XE?cvid=6546b24b0bde472b850c8525d2afe813<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fstudent-solves-ancient-puzzle-that-baffled-scholars-for-centuries%2Far-AA15i1XE%3Fcvid%3D6546b24b0bde472b850c8525d2afe813&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7cb97ebb82b842cf9aae08dadec6cf05%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638067242714035017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9lIF6IRLg23B6G1Gi4d3U9zHm%2BQP9gdb%2BJIYw5vQGgk%3D&reserved=0>

Best,
Ken






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