Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 Dear Indologists! What is the composition of svAmin? sva-ana-in ? su-aa-mi-in ? or something else? I'd be interested in all existing ideas about it. As a closely related question is the semantics of svAmin. At what point, for example, a sanyasin becomes svAmin? Or, what would be in classic Skt times a qualification or distinctive characteristics of a person to be named svAmin? At around 5 BCE, was it something like a Ph.D.? Best regards, Dmitri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 In (old) Tamil, the equivalent of svAmin is "uTaiyAr". uTa(i)mai = property. So, uTaiyAr means "the one who owns/possesses." I've heard Dr. Nagasamy, the art historian, tell me that svAmin < svaya and its exact equivalent is uTaiyAr. Would like to hear from Sanskritists, ng INDOLOGY, dmitrinet wrote: > Dear Indologists! > > What is the composition of svAmin? > sva-ana-in ? > su-aa-mi-in ? > or something else? > > I'd be interested in all existing ideas about it. > > As a closely related question is the semantics of svAmin. > At what point, for example, a sanyasin becomes svAmin? > Or, what would be in classic Skt times a qualification or > distinctive characteristics of a person to be named svAmin? > At around 5 BCE, was it something like a Ph.D.? > > Best regards, Dmitri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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