Bhaṭṭa Jayanta (a northener from Kashmir) makes a remark which has a bearing on the habitats of camels at his time: southerners who were not acquainted with the sight of camels were perplexed when they unexpectedly chanced upon them walking in single file, as caravans do:
paśyaty anugataṃ rūpam avijñāte ’pi vācake | dākṣiṇātya ivākasmāt paśyann uṣṭraparaṃparām (NM (1) 283, 2 f.).
Abhinavagupta (from the same region) makes two similar remarks on the perplexity of southerners observing caravans or the long neck of camels for the first time: anālocitopapattikam anavalokitārthakriyākam api dākṣiṇātyasya iva karabhacakram. ĪPVV Vol. 2, 347, 10 f. (ad 1.7.4)
dākṣiṇātyo hi na karabhasya grīvāmātraṃ smarati; karabho hi dākṣiṇātyasya vismayasvabhāvaṃ sukhaṃ [...] janayet. ĪPVV Vol. 3, 58, 2 f.; 14 f. (ad 2.2.5).
Regards,
WS
Let me respond to North-South part here, second syllable rhyming part in the next post.Prof. Goodall said:>The South seems always long to have been more conscious of the North than the North has been of the South.1. dakshiNAnila for malyAnila is a usage found throughout Sanskrit literature and other literatures northern and southern.2. Bhatrihari mentions dAkShiNAtyas in--यः पातञ्जलिशिष्यॆभ्यॊ भ्रष्टॊ व्याकरणागमः /
कालॆन दाक्षिणात्यॆषु ग्रन्थमात्रॊ व्यवस्थितः // वाक्य_२।४८५ //
similar mention of dAkShiNAtya, dakShiNa may be remembered by other list members.
Prof.Nagaraj PaturiHyderabad-500044
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