Patrick ji seems to be looking for the origins of the exact compound devabhaashaa.
If the vigraha of this compound is given as bhaashaa spoken by devas, Devii vaak does not fit the context, Since Here, devaah are being described as the ones who created/ generated, not those who spoke devii vaak This mantra describes vaak in general, speech in general as devii and there is no evidence that this is a reference to a specific language like Sanskrit. This line is followed by the line "taam viswaroopaah pas'avo vadanti " also. On Fri, 21 Mar 2025, 6:21 pm Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY, < [email protected]> wrote: > The Jain Bhagavaī-Sutta says: *devā kyarāe bhāsāe bhasanti? devā > addhmāgahāe bhāsāe bhāsanti*. While the Jains would probably not call > Ardhamāgadhī a Devabhāṣā in the same sense as Sanskrit is called a > Devabhāṣā, they do insist that the Devas speak Ardhamāgadhī. Also note > that the precursor of Devabhāṣā is the Vedic expression *devī vāk [devīṃ > vācam ajanayanta devāḥ]*. The semantics have changed somewhat, but there > is probably a connection. > > Madhav M. Deshpande > Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA > Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies > Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India > > [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM Shrikant Bahulkar via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have already answered Patrick's question, referring to the Amarakosa >> 1.33 >> >> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025, 10:29 patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY, < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Does someone know of the earliest attestation for the *devabhāṣā* >>> phrase? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Patrick McCartney, PhD >>> Phoenix Fellow 2023–26, HIroshima University, Japan >>> Visiting Fellow - South and South-east Asian Studies Department, Australian >>> National University >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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