Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 A casual search on the internet has revealed the following site, detailing one writer's lengthy and unsuccessful quest for the source of the proverb as found in Bankim's Ananda Math: http://www.indianest.com/hinduism/069.htm He eventually just ascribes the verse to oral tradition. Adheesh Sathaye Ph.D. Student Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley Avinash Sathaye wrote: >*I had asked this question to Prof. K. S. Arjunwadkar several years ago. >He immediately replied that it does not exist in any "old" texts and is >probably a modern creation. > >The question was making the rounds of internet at the time. The final >conclusion was that it was from >"our 8th grade Sanskrit textbook"(:-)) I remember it being assigned as >an essay topic! > >Is it possible that some kIrtankanakAra composed and became very popular >due to its natural charm! >*Robert Goldman wrote: > > > >>Dear List Members: >> >>Does anyone know the source of the following verse? >> >>api svarNamayI laGkA na me lakSmaNa rocate| >>jananI janmabUmiz ca svargAd api garIyasI >> >>Bankim , I believe, quotes the second half in Anandamath and I am >>told that it is inscribed on the entrance of the Dakshineshwar Temple >>of Calcutta built by Rani Rasmoni, where Sri Ramakrishna served as >>priest. >> >> >>An IAS officer in West Bengal has asked me about the (half) verse and >>I have not been able to trace it to a text of the RAmAyaNa. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 >Adheesh et al, We seem to have come full circle here. The "one writer" whose site you mention, Pradeep Bhattacharya, is in fact the same gentleman who put the query to Sushil Mittal, me and others. Cheers. >A casual search on the internet has revealed the following site, >detailing one writer's lengthy and unsuccessful quest for the source of >the proverb as found in Bankim's Ananda Math: > >http://www.indianest.com/hinduism/069.htm > >He eventually just ascribes the verse to oral tradition. > > >Adheesh Sathaye >Ph.D. Student >Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies >University of California, Berkeley > >Avinash Sathaye wrote: > >>*I had asked this question to Prof. K. S. Arjunwadkar several years ago. >>He immediately replied that it does not exist in any "old" texts and is >>probably a modern creation. >> >>The question was making the rounds of internet at the time. The final >>conclusion was that it was from >>"our 8th grade Sanskrit textbook"(:-)) I remember it being assigned as >>an essay topic! >> >>Is it possible that some kIrtankanakAra composed and became very popular >>due to its natural charm! >>*Robert Goldman wrote: >> >> >> >>>Dear List Members: >>> >>>Does anyone know the source of the following verse? >>> >>>api svarNamayI laGkA na me lakSmaNa rocate| >>>jananI janmabUmiz ca svargAd api garIyasI >>> >>>Bankim , I believe, quotes the second half in Anandamath and I am >>>told that it is inscribed on the entrance of the Dakshineshwar Temple >>>of Calcutta built by Rani Rasmoni, where Sri Ramakrishna served as >>>priest. >>> >>> >>>An IAS officer in West Bengal has asked me about the (half) verse and >>>I have not been able to trace it to a text of the RAmAyaNa. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > Links > > > > -- Dr. R. P. Goldman Professor of Sanskrit Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies 7303 Dwinelle Hall MC #2540 University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2540 email: sseas Phone: (510) 642-4089 Fax: (510) 642.2409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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