Dear Colleagues,
A week ago I posted here a request concerning the formal Hindi, Marathi and Konkani names of several Indian Catholic Churches.
I need these data - as they are to be included in the supplement to the "Urzędowy wykaz polskich nazw geograficznych świata" [Official List of Polish Geographical Names of the World], published in 2013; the (searchable) *.pdf at:
The supplement is planned to include the names of the most important historical monuments, buildings, archaeological sites, etc. around the world - giving their exact geo coordinates, their names in the original languages, when needed, in their formally transliterated, Romanized versions (South Asia - apart from Maldives - acc. to ISO 15919), and in the Polish transcription.
The names listed in my previous message, elude me, what I can find is only their popular, simplified English names:
Hindi (in Devanagari) names of:
Basilica of Bom Jesus (Goa)
Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health (near Nagapppatinam)
San Thome Basilica (Chennai)
St. Paul's Cathedral (Kolkata)
St.Thomas Kathedral(Mumbai)
St. Francis Church (Cochin)
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Malayattur by Ernakulam)
Chennakesava Temple (Belur)
Marathi (in Devanagari) name of:
Basilica of Bom Jesus (Goa)
Konkani (in Devanagari) name of:
Basilica of Bom Jesus (Goa)
Urdu name of:
Iron Pillar (Delhi)
Now, since so far there have been no responses to my request, I am tempted to think of three possible reasons for the List's silence. Let me share them.
First, sort of paranoic. I, Artur Karp - personally, as a retired lecturer in Sanskrit and Pali, with no recognized/recognizable diploma, do not deserve the List members' attention
Second, sort of paranoic, too. The institution I used to work for for more than forty years, the University of Warsaw, Poland, does not deserve the List members' attention.
Third, sort of unbelievable. The indologists would not wish to be involved in projects even superficially related to Christianity in India.
Whatever, and whichever. I am going to find the address of some Indian Catholic Church administration center and try to get the needed information from them.
Greetings from already snow covered Warszawa,
Artur Karp (em.)
Katedra Azji Południowej
Instytut Orientalistyczny
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Warszawa
Polska