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Patrick McCartney, PhD
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School of Culture, History & Language
College of the Asia-Pacific
The Australian National University
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On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 11:21 PM, Olivelle, J P <jpo@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
In the Dharmaśāstras, “straw-fire” is generally referred to as kaṭāgni, and it is used as a means of execution:

See Manu 8.377; Yājñavalkya 2.282; Baudhāyana 2.2.3.52;




> On Oct 7, 2016, at 11:15 PM, Ashok Aklujkar <ashok.aklujkar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Making the  Śaṅkara/Śāṅkara-vijayas/digvijaya references precise:
>
> See Vidyāraṇya’s / Mādhava’s Śāṅkara-digvijaya, sarga 7, verses 75, 77, 78, and 105.
>
> Also, Ānanda-giri’s Śaṅkara-vijaya, 55th chapter, prose passage p. 236 of the Bibliotheca Indica edition, where karīṣa takes the place of tuṣa (both produce slow-burning fire).
>
> a.a.
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