Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:52:47 +0300
From: Asko Parpola <asko.parpola@HELSINKI.FI>

Subject: [INDOLOGY] Samkarsana's connection with liquor

On Sa?kar?a?a and his connection with liquor see pp. 365-6 and 369 in:

Parpola, Asko, 2002. Pandaíï and S¥tÇ: On the historical background of the Sanskrit epics. Journal of the American Oriental Society 122 (2): 361-373.

In the above paper, I am arguing that Sa?kar?a?a/BalarÇma partly goes back to one of the AÊvins/NÇsatyas; his original Indo-Iranian drink was honey-beer, see pp. 39-41 in:

Parpola, Asko, 2005. The NÇsatyas, the chariot and Proto-Aryan religion. Journal of Indological Studies 16 & 17 (2004-2005): 1-63. Kyoto.

In a publication that is just coming out, I am discussing at length BÇlarama/Sa?kar?a?a as the divine drinker of palm wine, who in this role has replaced the wild ass (as recorded in the Dhenukavadha myth of Hariva?Êa 57), the thirsty wild ass as the drinker par excellence, his connection with the wine palm, with the mare-headed demon who drinks so much ocean water as to cause the ebb of tide, and his Harappan-Dravidian background:

Parpola, Asko, and Juha Janhunen, 2011. On the Asiatic wild asses (Equus hemionus & Equus kiang) and their vernacular names: New revised version. Pp. 59-124 in: Toshiki Osada and Hitoshi Endo (eds.), Linguistics, archaeology and the human past: Occasional paper 12. Kyoto: Indus Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.

With best regards, Asko Parpola

Quoting JKirkpatrick <jkirk@SPRO.NET>:

Please post any replies to list.

Thanks,
Joanna Kirkpatrick



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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Query
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:57:34 -0500
From: Patrick Olivelle <jpo@UTS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
To: INDOLOGY@liverpool.ac.uk

Could the pa??itasabhÇ enlighten me on Sa?kar?a?a and his possible association with tribals, robbers, and liquor? He is mentioned within this kind of context in the ArthaÊÇstra, 13.3.54. Thanks.

Patrick Olivelle

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