Correction [Y-Indology] Language of the Krama texts

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Dear list members:

 

The correct title to Griersons book below should be:

 

"The language of the Maha-naya-prakasa an examination of Kashmiri as written

in the Fifteenth century". Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; vol.

11, no. 2.

 

Apologizes,

Harry

 

 

>"Harry Spier" <harryspier

>INDOLOGY

>indology

>[Y-Indology] Language of the Krama texts

>Mon, 10 Feb 2003 21:25:59 -0500

>

>Dear list members,

>

>Quoting Ganesan quoting Deshpande quoting Grierson :-)

>

>'p. 239, M. Deshpande, 1979, (same book)

>"Grierson (1929) has given a fascinating account of how

>the Kashmiri text of LallA-vAkyAni, originally composed

>in the later half of the 14th century, has been preserved orally

>to the present day without ever having been written down.

>Grierson (1929:74) points out that "save for a few forms

>that have remained unchanged ... her verses are in what is

>practically modern Kashmiri." However, the text of the

>Mahaanayaprakasa was composed in the 15th century and was

>written down at the time it was composed, and hence its

>language is preserved without any further change. ... " '

>

>I think that this is a reference to "The language of the Maha-naya-prakasa

>an examination of Kashmiri as written in the 14th century". Memoirs of the

>Asiatic Society of Bengal; vol. 11, no. 2.

>

>1) The descriptive pamphlet for the KSTS series "An Analysis of the Kashmir

>Series of Texts and Studies" describes the language of the two texts

>Maharthamanjari and Mahanayaprakasa simply as "some form of Prakrit". Can

>anyone confirm (or not) that the language of these two Krama texts are as

>Grierson has indicated for the Mahanaya-prakasa indeed the local written

>dialect of Kashmiri of the 15th century.

>

>2) If this is the case is there some sort of "socio-linguistic"

>significance

>to the Krama texts such as these being written in the local dialect. Would

>this be indicative that in general the followers of the Krama doctrine

>would

>be non-brahmanical (i.e. non-sanskrit speaking).

>

>Many thanks,

>

>

>Harry Spier

>371 Brickman Rd.

>Hurleyville, New York

>USA 12747

>

>

>

 

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