[Y-Indology] aamrapaalii

[Guest guest]

Just wondering

I can think of at least eight different words which are used to connote <wife>

in Tamil (some of Sanskrit origin, for sure): manaivi, akamuTaiyAL, peNcAti,

illAL, AttukkAri, strI, camcAram, vAzkkaituNai; and at least six for husband:

manaivan, kozunan, kaNavan, AttukkAran, purushan, agamuTaiyAn.

I will not be surprised if there are some more in CT.

I will appreciate if someone can let me know.

I am wondering if there is any other language with as many or more synonyms for

wife and husband.

 

V. V. Raman

May 11, 2001

[Guest guest]

I presume that the earliest mentions of Ambapaalii (=Skt Aamrapaali) are

those in the Paali canon, e.g. Diigha Nikaaya 16.2.14-19, Theriigaathaa

252-260. But some well-known elements of her story seem to appear only

rather later, in the Commentaries. From memory, I don't think she is

anywhere described as a dancer, just as a courtesan. The Theriigaathaa

passage, which describes her former beauty in detail as she remembers it in

later life and reflects on its impermanence, has nothing that specifically

refers to dancing.

 

Dr Valerie J Roebuck

Manchester, UK

 

N Ganesan asks:

 

>What is the Buddhist source for the story of

>AmrapAlI, the courtesan dancer?

[Guest guest]

The Lord Buddha was in residence in the garden of Amrapali, in the

city of Vaisali; see VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA

http://www2.kenyon.edu/depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.ht

m

I don't know if this name has any connection with Amrapali the person

who is supposed to have given the garden to the order.

See also http://www.miami.edu/phi/bio/Buddha/bud-life4.htm

 

INDOLOGY, Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck@A...> wrote:

> I presume that the earliest mentions of Ambapaalii (=Skt Aamrapaali)

are> those in the Paali canon, e.g. Diigha Nikaaya 16.2.14-19,

Theriigaathaa> 252-260.