Excellent !
This would moreover be an additional "excuse" for the Hindi-spelling कोरोना
instead of Paninian  कोरोणा
Only minute correction, as seen before सन्मनुष्यानां  >>>   सन्मनुष्याणां   

Jan Houben


On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 08:41, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Could this be a possible nirukti for Corona?

को विजेता महामारीं
रोगरूपामिवासुरीम् ।
नाशिनीं सन्मनुष्यानां
कोरोनां नाम नामतः ॥

Christian Ferstl


Am 02.04.2020 16:07, schrieb Madhav Deshpande:
> "आम् । मयैव राम:
> स्वनगरान्निष्कासित:, न
> कैकेय्या" इति
> कोरोनाब्रवीत् ।
>
> 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 Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 6:58 AM Christian Ferstl
> <christian.ferstl@univie.ac.at> wrote:
>
>> विषाणुपरिहारार्थं किं
>> रामः सह सीतया ।
>> बहुपौरजनाकीर्णाम्
>> अयोध्यां नगरीं जहौ ॥
>>
>> Did Rama and Sita leave the city of Ayodhya, crowded with many
>> townsfolk, in order to avoid the virus?
>>
>> Christian Ferstl
>>
>> Am 02.04.2020 14:57, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
>>> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>>>
>>> कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽहं
>>> पश्यन् द्रोणागिरिं पुर:
>> ।
>>>
>>> कथमुत्थापयाम्येनमिति
>>> चिन्ता हनूमत: ।।
>>>
>>> “Scared about contacting the Coronavirus, I see the mountain
>>> Dronagiri in front of me, but how can I lift it?” such is the
>>> concern of Hanuman.
>>>
>>> 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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