Dear Jan,

जिह्वा स्पृशति मूर्धानं नाधुना स्पर्शवारणात् । 

कोरोनाग्रस्तमनसां मूर्धन्यत्वं न सिध्यति ।।

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 12:20 AM Jan E.M. Houben <jemhouben@gmail.com> wrote:

कोरोनशब्दसंस्कारे  णत्वं न वेति निर्णये ।

यद् आशुकविना प्रोक्तं  तद् अस्माकं प्रमाणकम् ॥

 

Not difficult to guess who is here the आशुकवि ...

Even then, कोरोण should be deemed possible as a somewhat pedantic parallel form. 

The attribution of grammatical gender is not taught by grammar, but in view of the enormity of the phenomenon the feminine seems a good choice (cp. himānī vs. hima).

Jan Houben

On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 05:34, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

A little distraction from Coronavirus -

मा मां स्पृशेति गोविन्दमाह राधा व्रजावनौ ।

प्रथमं जहि कोरोनां यथा त्वं पूतनामहन् ।।

In the land of Vraja, Radha said to Krishna: "Don't touch me. First go and kill that Corona, as you killed Putana before."

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

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