Mohapaata near Mumbai

[Guest guest]

INDOLOGY, "deshpandem" <mmdesh@U...> wrote:

I am working on a 200 year old Sanskrit manuscript of a text

called Vedavicaara. This particular manuscript was copied by a

Marathi pundit named Hari Vishnu Palnitkar [who] came from the

vicinity of the town of Panwel near Bombay. I am wondering about the

identity of Mohapaata, obviously a Sanskritization of a local village

or town name. Any suggestions on what the original Marathi place

name might be? Thanks.

 

Mohapaata is Mohopada, a small town about four kilometres off

the Mumbai-Pune highway near Dand and not far from the huge Hindustan

Organic Chemicals complex of Rasayani. I am told that the place was

named after the Moha tree. I know Mohopada well and have been there

many times because my aunt lived there. I also happen to know some

members of the Palnitkar family. Please contact me off-line if you

wish to know more details.

 

S.Tilak

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Shrinivas, for the information. Yesterday I spoke to a Mr.

Palnitkar here in Detroit, and he confirmed that his family comes

from this same village of MohapADA. Most likely the copyist of my

manuscript is his great great grand uncle. Basically, this is all I

need at this time. What makes this fascinating is that the copyist

of my manuscript, Shri Hari Vishnu Palnitkar, is cited in other

Marathi sources as being a witness in a dispute regarding the

authenticity of the MaitrAyaNI brahmins, and he cites portions of

this text, the VedavicAra. Best,

 

Madhav Deshpande

 

INDOLOGY, "shrinivast_k11612" <tilak@c...> wrote:

> INDOLOGY, "deshpandem" <mmdesh@U...> wrote:

> I am working on a 200 year old Sanskrit manuscript of a text

> called Vedavicaara. This particular manuscript was copied by a

> Marathi pundit named Hari Vishnu Palnitkar [who] came from the

> vicinity of the town of Panwel near Bombay. I am wondering about

the

> identity of Mohapaata, obviously a Sanskritization of a local

village

> or town name. Any suggestions on what the original Marathi place

> name might be? Thanks.

>

> Mohapaata is Mohopada, a small town about four kilometres off

> the Mumbai-Pune highway near Dand and not far from the huge

Hindustan

> Organic Chemicals complex of Rasayani. I am told that the place was

> named after the Moha tree. I know Mohopada well and have been there

> many times because my aunt lived there. I also happen to know some

> members of the Palnitkar family. Please contact me off-line if you

> wish to know more details.

>

> S.Tilak