Dear List members, Among the reactions to my question about the expression "a horn on one's head", are like to mention two, from Christophe Vielle and Walter Slaje. They pointed to the image of a hare's horn referring to something unreal, found in philosophical treatises. By using this image in the Laṭakamelaka, but now applied to the Digambara monk Jaṭāsura, the Buddhist Ajñānarāśi resolves the conflict with this monk monk about the question if caste (jāti) exists (is real) or not. I would like to thank all colleagues who have helped me to solve the meaning of the expression "a horn on one's own head" in the farce Laṭakamelaka. Herman
Herman Tieken Stationsweg 58 2515 BP Den Haag The Netherlands 00 31 (0)70 2208127 website: hermantieken.com<http://hermantieken.com/> The Aśoka Inscriptions: Analysing a corpus, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2023. https://primusbooks.com/ancient/the-asoka-inscriptions-analysing-a-corpus-by-herman-tieken/
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