Dear Madhav, Thank you so much, I should have recognized that this is a quote.
Best wishes Aleksandar Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Madhav Deshpande <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2024 12:03:01 PM To: Uskokov, Aleksandar <[email protected]> Cc: Indology <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] help with meter Dear Aleksandar, The verse ṣaraṃ pradhānam amṛtākṣaraṃ haraḥ kṣarātmānāv īśate deva ekaḥ / tasyābhidhyānād yojanāt tattvabhāvād bhūyaś cānte viśvamāyānivṛttiḥ // 1.10 // Is found in the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad [1.10]. So this is not a classical composition, and therefore not subject to the rules of classical meters. We have to treat it as a late Vedic verse form. Madhav Madhav M. Deshpande Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 8:28 AM Uskokov, Aleksandar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes, it is Sarvajñātman's Saṅkṣepa-Śārīraka 4.46: kṣaraṃ pradhānam amṛtākṣaraṃ haraḥ kṣarātmānāv īśate deva ekaḥ | tasyābhidhyānād yojanāt tattva-bhāvād bhūyaś cānte viśva-māyā-nivṛttiḥ || 46 || As in the Ānandāśrama edition (Vol. 83.2, p.842): [cid:ii_19002e1a1c8cb971f161] Best wishes, Aleksandar Aleksandar Uskokov Senior Lector and Associate Research Scholar South Asian Studies Council and Department of Religious Studies, Yale University 203-432-1972 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> "The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra: An Introduction" https://www.amzn.com/1350150002/ Office Hours Sign-up: https://calendly.com/aleksandar-uskokov ________________________________ From: Madhav Deshpande <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2024 11:22 AM To: Uskokov, Aleksandar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Indology <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] help with meter Can you please give the text of the verse? Madhav Madhav M. Deshpande Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear friends, Has any of you encountered a meter with the following structure: a: ja bha ja ra b: ya ta ta ga ga c: ma ma ya ya d: ma ta ta ga ga Quarters c and d correspond to vaiśvadevī and śālinī, but a and b I cannot identify in Apte, though b seems a variation of śālinī with the first syllable laghu. Any help appreciated. Best wishes, Aleksandar Aleksandar Uskokov Senior Lector and Associate Research Scholar South Asian Studies Council and Department of Religious Studies, Yale University 203-432-1972 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> "The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra: An Introduction" https://www.amzn.com/1350150002/ Office Hours Sign-up: https://calendly.com/aleksandar-uskokov _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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