Do you suppose Raghuvira invented this? My impression is that Sanskrit is rather weak in words for different sorts of insects and what the Bible calls...
Allen W Thrasher
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Nov 1, 2006 1:32 pm
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Dear Allen, You and Dr. Bahulkar have essentially asked me the same question. I reproduce below what the latter wrote to me in a personal communication because...
Ashok Aklujkar
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Nov 1, 2006 7:55 pm
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INDOLOGY@yahoogroups....
Nov 2, 2006 4:03 am
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To unsubscribe from the INDOLOGY group at Yahoo, send an email to: indology-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com That's it!...
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Nov 2, 2006 4:03 am
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Being unable to post directly to Indology@yahoogroups from where he is at ... Thanks for more information about Raghuvir's dictionary. I consulted 'A Practical...
Ashok Aklujkar
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Nov 3, 2006 6:08 pm
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... Another possible, though indirect, source would be Tibetan or Chinese translation materials. I have found a Tibeten word for "dragonfly" which suggests...
... The Department of History and Classics in the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, invites applications for the Saroj and Prem Singhmar Chair in...
I too have been asking that question for long. The unrehearsed answer that I got from a young Oriya Brahmin, when pointing out a specimen, was : patanga. Not...
... The 7-volume Sanskrit-German dictionary of Böhtlingk and Roth does not have the word, nor does the 6-volume Sanskrit-Kannada ;Sabdaarthakaustubha.h of...
... Many years back, I knew a biologist in Utrecht whose specialization was in dragonflies :-) and who also studied Sanskrit and Tibetan. She was a little...
International Summer School for Jain Studies (ISSJS) is a non- government; non-profit project funded by handful of Jain philanthropists in USA, Canada and...
Namasthe, The Department of Vyakarana of this University has decided to conduct an International seminar on the ‘Textual Tradition of Ayurveda’ at the main...
W.L.Smith refers to a "popular tradition" without annotation that Vyasa became jealous of the superiority of his pupils' compositions of the Mahabharata story...
Dear listmembers, I recently read on the Web an interview with Miranda Shaw, author of the book _Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism_ ...
hi all, Acharya Charaka, the great ayurvedic author, defines GUNA as "samavayi thu nischeshtah karanam gunah" (Charakasamhitha, Sutrasthana Chap. 1) Can you...
Dear friends, I am interested to know how many ayurvedic scholars are members in this indology group. I also wish to have a interact with them. Please respond...
In his article on the Vedas and Upani.sads for Gavin Flood's "Blackwells Companion to Hinduism" ( p.71) Michael Witzel mentions a forthcoming publication on...
Dear Mr Thomas Egenes, Since your book, INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT (2 parts), is used as textbook for learning SANSKRIT in so many countries, am not sure if you...
RPJ
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Nov 27, 2006 3:14 pm
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JAINA STUDIES: PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE TASKS By Prof Dr Ludwig ALSDORF Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 1 English tr. by Bal Patil Edited by Prof...
MANISH MODI
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Nov 27, 2006 3:16 pm
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Dec 2, 2006 12:41 am
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Dec 2, 2006 12:41 am
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Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am writing to inform the group about the World Vedic Conference, which will be held in UJJAIN - MADHYA PRADESH (13 -17 JANUARY,...
Dear list members, I've translated the Bhagavedgita of Swami Sivananda into Hebrew. We are going to publish it in a book in the following format: each verse...
Good luck, that's a nice contrast which will invoke benign discussions. Dr. Radhakrishnan published the first text which is the standard others follow. Then...
You can get these at http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/doc_giitaa.html ... I've translated the Bhagavedgita of Swami Sivananda into Hebrew. We are going...
Dear Shankar, On-line Sanskrit Mahabharatas: http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbsi06.htm http://bombay.indology.info/mahabharata/statement.html Best of...
Simon Brodbeck
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Dec 4, 2006 3:50 pm
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I hope some of you are Purana scholares. Years ago I studied the Bhagavata Purana and I recall a battle takes place between what is presented as Personified...
... The only thing that I can think of is book 10, chapter 63, verses 22-23. Here Siva releases a jvara against Krsna, who in turn releases a jvara at Siva....
Rulers with Semitic names had already established themselves at Kish. One of them, contemporary with the last Sumerian ruler, Lugal-Zage-Si, was Alusarsid (or...