Dear Sir, >>If the purpose was to condemn buddhism PALI would have been used<< There is no condemnation of anybody, rather glorification of the Lord. During Deshikars time, it is Jainism more than Buddhism that prevailed besides Hinduism. The languages in everyday use in that part of India were Tamil, Telugu and Hale Kannada. None of the other saints during that time from that part composed anything in Prakrit. So the argument that Deshikar composed in Sanskrit to focus women and common folks is less valid. After all he has composed elaborate prabandhams in Tamil. Even the Jains were probbaly not using Prakrit at that time. Unlike Sanskrit, Prakrit had lost the status of literary language by then. Nevertheless because the earlier Jain works were in Prakrit, Deshikar may have used it to sing the glory of the Lord in a language that is sacred to Jains. DdAsan K. Sreekrishna Tatachar ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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