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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:14:55 -0700
From: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: sanskrit quiz]
To: peekayar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> In this instance, kavyam written is kaavyam only.
> This is a sloke by Kalidasa while introducing one of his
> plays to the audience.
Siva Siva!
kShantvyo.aham rAmakriShNa mahodaya!
hanta! anulekhana-doShAt kiidR^isAH anarthAH!
(Oh! the negative effects of transliteration errors!)
I even made a different translation of it even though the resulting meaning
didn't make much sense to me. I feel so guilty now.
That makes it even more important to use a standard transliteration
convention.
etadeva samyak:
> > > : : 4. puraaNa-mityEva na saadhu sarvam
> > > : : na-chaapi kaavyam navam-ityavadyam.
^ ^
> > > Simply because something is old, it
> > > need not be true. A poetic composition should not be
> > > discarded either, simply because it is new.
peekayar uvaacha:
> In this instance, kavyam written is kaavyam only.
> This
> is a sloke by Kalidasa while introducing one of his
> plays to the audience.
>
> But I agree that that it would be better to use
> standard transliteration.
>
> Warm regards.
>
> PKR
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