Dear Professor Tieken, I’m not knowledged about what you are describing/proposing here. Nevertheless, I’d like to share some of my thoughts.
I’ve been looking into the technique of rendering numerals in Old Tamil, specifically in the Tolkappiyam and similar texts. The phrase that immediately came to my mind was pra-dhaksina (ப்ரதட்சிண), which I take to mean ‘due South.’ It seems to me that such references are based on ‘clock-wise’ movement. Regards, rajam > On Mar 12, 2023, at 1:09 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear List members, > > In a passage in a Jain text I came across a formation consisting of the > preposition p(r)a and a cardinal number, in a context in which "over that > number (of years)" would make sense (compareprapatha, "weiter Weg", pravīra, > "grosser Held", and praṇapat, "Urenkel" in AiGr II, p. 257). The combination > pra+number looks like an ad hoc, learned formation. Or, and this is my > question, is it perhaps found in other texts I am not aware of, for instance, > in treatises about mathematics or temple building? > > With kind regards, > Herman > > > Herman Tieken > Stationsweg 58 > 2515 BP Den Haag > The Netherlands > 00 31 (0)70 2208127 > website: hermantieken.com <http://hermantieken.com/> > > The Aśoka Inscriptions: Analysing a corpus, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2023. > https://primusbooks.com/ancient/the-asoka-inscriptions-analysing-a-corpus-by-herman-tieken/ > > <https://primusbooks.com/ancient/the-asoka-inscriptions-analysing-a-corpus-by-herman-tieken/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology>
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