On the topic see also: Konrad Klaus, "Zu den buddhistischen literarischen Fachbegriffen sutta und suttanta." In: From Turfan to Ajanta. Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Ed. by Eli Franco and Monika Zin. 2 vols. Lumbini 2010. Vol.1, p. 519-532, which draws attention to the fact that the Śrautasūtras and other Brahmanical works are not at all concerned with reaching a maximum economy of expression.
Best, Philipp __________________________ PD Dr. Philipp A. Maas Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Associate) Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften Universität Leipzig ___________________________ https://spp1448.academia.edu/PhilippMaas Am Di., 11. Mai 2021 um 18:47 Uhr schrieb Rupert Gethin via INDOLOGY < [email protected]>: > Could someone confirm the wider Prakrit evidence? > > Tim commented with reference to the Pali commentarial explanation of > *sutta* as *suvutta*: > > But this is not really much to support *sutta* < *sūkta*, since the > regular Pāli form parallel to *sūkta* includes the glide -v-, as Skt > *ukta* ~ Pāli *vutta* and similarly in other MIA languages, which all > seem to preserve the initial v- of the verbal root **vac*- (Pischel > §337), despite the vowel change a > u before a labial (§104). > > > But unless I am misreading something here, Pischel (§337) notes that Jaina > Śaurasenī, Śaurasenī and Māgadhī all have utta < ukta > > And Turner’s* A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages * > includes Prakrit *sutta* under *sūkta*: > > 13545 *sūktá* ʻ well recited ʼ RV., ʻ eloquent ʼ MatsyaP. [su -- 2, uktá > -- ] > Pk. *sutta* -- ʻ handsomely said ʼ; OG. *sūta* ʻ speaking properly ʼ. > > https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/soas_query.py?page=780 > > Rupert > -- > *Rupert Gethin* > Professor of Buddhist Studies > > University of Bristol > Department of Religion and Theology > 3 Woodland Road > Bristol BS8 1TB, UK > > Email: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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