Dear Christophe,

     I have been half awake while writing this verse.  You are right.  Let us make it Triśaṅku.  Thanks.

कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽसौ त्रिशङ्कुर्नृपसत्तम: ।
स्वर्गं विहाय पृथ्वीं च मध्य एव प्रतिष्ठित: ।।४१।।

Scared of contracting the Coronavirus, the great king Trishanku left the earth and heaven and situated himself in the middle.

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 Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 6:59 AM Christophe Vielle <christophe.vielle@uclouvain.be> wrote:
Do you mean Triśaṅku (instead of Nahuṣa):

triśaṅkor ivobhayalokabhraṣṭasya naktaṃdinam avākśirasas tiṣṭhataḥ, Harṣacarita 7 [249]

triśaṅkor upabhogāya na dyaur api na bhūr api, Murāri, Anargharāghava 1.59 (ed. Törzsök)

see also Kālidāsa, Abhijñānaśākuntala (Act. 2, just before stanza 17); Abhinavagupta, Paryantapañcāśikā, v. 37; Mokṣopaya 4,5.11

Acccording to the Malayalam Lexicon, the expression triśaṅku-svarggam means "a state of suspense or indefiniteness"
   
Le 15 avr. 2020 à 15:38, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> a écrit :

A distraction from the Coronavirus

कोरोनास्पर्शभीतोऽसौ नहुषो नृपसत्तम: ।
स्वर्गं विहाय पृथ्वीं च मध्य एव प्रतिष्ठित: ।।४१।।

Scared of contracting the Coronavirus, the great king Nahusha left the earth and heaven and situated himself in the middle.

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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