Dear Christian,

कोरोनाभयकालेऽस्मिन् वयं सर्वे दिगम्बरा: ।

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 Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 11:30 PM Christian Ferstl <christian.ferstl@univie.ac.at> wrote:

कोरोनावरणार्थाय मुखावृतिवृताननः ।
संगच्छते नु कले ऽस्मिन् दिगम्बरजनो ऽपि किम् ॥

Do Digambara Jains also meet with masked faces in order to protect
against Corona these days?


Christian Ferstl

Am 27.04.2020 15:13, schrieb Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY:
> A distraction from the Coronavirus
>
> केशैर्विहीनानि शिरांसि
> येषाम्
>
> किं नापितै: कार्यमिहास्ति
> तेषाम् ।
>
> न स्पर्शभीतिर्न धनव्ययो
> वा
>
> खल्वाटवन्त: खलु भाग्यवन्त:
> ।।
>
> Those who have no hair on their heads, what purpose do they have with
> barbers. They have no fear of contracting the Coronavirus, nor any
> expenditures. The bald people are really fortunate.
>
> 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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