concordance of similes and metaphors in Sanskrit literature

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> I do not know what really is the question.

>

> For the present I shall reproduce something on

> these two - upama and rupaka. This is a "net-yield."

 

Dear J.K. Mohana Rao,

 

Yes, Allen Thrasher and I took Phillip's question rather differently.

The multivolume collection of laukika-nyaayas that L. Sternbach put

together is an impressive resource. However, a complete concordance of

every simile, every metaphor ever used in Sanskrit literature would

*really* be an impressive and useful tool. So, the three examples you cite

would certianly find a place in a multivolume concordance.

 

The more I think about this project the more I'm wondering how it could

best be undertaken. Some pretty impressive on-line collaborations have

taken place for electronic lexicons. Could these projects show the way?

Are the available e-texts worth using to make a start? Can part of such a

search be automated by searching for words or constructions typically used

in similes?

 

best,

Tim Cahill