tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post2085581052466513933..comments2024-03-07T23:17:00.748-08:00Comments on Philologia Tibetica: mThar ’gro zhon / bDe spyodDorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-62398244046778467192021-07-04T06:04:10.904-07:002021-07-04T06:04:10.904-07:00Dear Dan, I am now wondering if Tibetans translate...Dear Dan, I am now wondering if Tibetans translated/interpreted Sātakarṇi (= Śātakarṇi), said to be derived from śatakarṇa (MW), not as “rNa ba brgya pa” (such a name seems to be mentioned in Tāranātha’s collected writings), as one would have expected but rather as “bDe byed.” That śāta can mean “joy/happiness” seems to be unquestionable. But what about karṇi? Could they have read: kara? karin? I am still wondering. Did Tibetans at all talk of Gautamiputra as a name of Nāgārjuna’s friend? I am still wondering … Hope all is well. Warmest, D.Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-77200327364638824482021-06-05T02:03:40.618-07:002021-06-05T02:03:40.618-07:00Dear D, I fear we might have to go back to a 2nd-...Dear D, I fear we might have to go back to a 2nd-century CE inscription on the entranceway to a cave at Nasik, not too far from Mumbai. Luckily it's in Sanskrit. But in it there seems to be mention of one King Gautamiputra Sātakarņi. Isn't this inscription sometimes invoked as evidence in arguments about the historical Nagarjuna and his dates? This must have been studied in some of your older and dustier publications. Anyway, let us know what more you find out. Be well. Yours, DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.com