[INDOLOGY] devabhāṣā query

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Patrick ji seems to be looking for the origins of the exact compound
devabhaashaa.

If the vigraha of this compound is given
as bhaashaa spoken by devas,

Devii vaak does not fit the context,

Since

Here, devaah are being described as the ones who created/ generated, not
those who spoke devii vaak

This mantra describes  vaak in general, speech in general as devii and
there is no evidence that this is a reference to a specific language like
Sanskrit.

This line is followed by the line "taam viswaroopaah pas'avo vadanti "

also.




On Fri, 21 Mar 2025, 6:21 pm Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY, <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> The Jain Bhagavaī-Sutta says: *devā kyarāe bhāsāe bhasanti? devā
> addhmāgahāe bhāsāe bhāsanti*. While the Jains would probably not call
> Ardhamāgadhī a Devabhāṣā in the same sense as Sanskrit is called a
> Devabhāṣā, they do insist that the Devas speak Ardhamāgadhī.  Also note
> that the precursor of Devabhāṣā is the Vedic expression *devī vāk [devīṃ
> vācam ajanayanta devāḥ]*. The semantics have changed somewhat, but there
> is probably a connection.
>
> 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 Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM Shrikant Bahulkar via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> I have already answered Patrick's question, referring to the Amarakosa
>> 1.33
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025, 10:29 patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY, <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Friends,
>>>
>>> Does someone know of the earliest attestation for the *devabhāṣā*
>>> phrase?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Patrick McCartney, PhD
>>> Phoenix Fellow 2023–26, HIroshima University, Japan
>>> Visiting Fellow - South and South-east Asian Studies Department, Australian
>>> National University
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