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I n S t u d i a I n d o l o g i c a ( F e s t s c h r . W . K i i f e l ) , p . 9 f t. , A l s d o r f g i v e s a c o n -v i n c i n g n e w i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f th e w e l l - k n o w n p a s s a g e i n D i v y . 2 4 4 ,7 f t. ,w h e r e t h e e n l a r g e m e n t o f a st fi p a is d e s c r ib e d . T h e s e n t e n c e t a t hav i dha t hca bh~pasyan. .darh k . rta ti7 ya t ra s6 y f~paya.s t. ir ab hya nta re pr at ip ad i ta h er e n d e r s a s f o l l o w s : " U n d d ie K u p p e l d e s S tQ p a s [ r ea d : s t @ a s y a ] w u r d es o g e m a c h t , d a s s d a r i n d i e Y ~ p a y a. s. ti i n s I n n e r e e i n g e l a s s e n w a r " ( p . 1 5 ),w h i c h m u s t m e a n t h a t a h o l e w a s m a d e f o r t h e la t er e r e c t io n o f th eya.st.i-, r e f e r r e d t o i n t h e w o r d s ya.st.yaropan,arh k.rtam. I n c i d e n t a l l y ,t a t r a v i d d h a m w o u l d m a k e b e t t e r se n s e b u t i s t o o h a z a r d o u s a g u e ss .A l s d o r f ' s i n f e r en c e t h a t t h e y~paya.st. i- i s i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h e ya.sti- i so b v i o u s l y c o r re c t , b u t o n e w o n d e r s w h a t a y ~ p a - m a y h a v e t o d o w i t h i t .B e s i d e s , t h e u s e o f s a i n sa yftpaya.st. ir (vv . 11. sayftpa.st. ir, sapaya.st. ir)r e m a i n s u n e x p l a i n e d ( c f. A l s d o r f , p . 1 4 ). N o w , t h e f i n a l s e n t e n c e o f t h isp a s s a g e , v i z . var .sas th~le maham an, i ratn~ ni t~ ny ~ro pi t~ni (1 . 13) , sugges t s ac o m p a r i s o n w i t h A v a d . 3 7 0 , 4 tan man. iratnat i7 vipagcina.h st~pavars.asthal-y a m u p a r i n i b a d d h a m a n d 3 8 3 , 6 . . . eai tye var.sasthalyarh [cai tya-?]s a m a r o p i t a m . I t is t e m p t i n g , t h e r e f o r e , a l s o t o e q u a t e sa y~paya .st. ir t o t h est~paya.st. i- m e n t i o n e d i n A v a d . 3 8 7 , 11 ( cf . a b o v e stftpa-var.sasthali-). A sf o r th e p o s s i b l e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f t h e s t a t e m e n t anup~rve.na ya.st.y~ropa.nad~k. r tam ( se e A l s d o r f , p . 1 5 ), a t t e n t i o n m a y b e d r a w n t o t h e e x t r a - o r d i n a r yr e li g io u s i m p o r t a n c e a t t a c h e d t o t h e e r ec t io n o f a s t f ip ik i la- , ~ t h e c e r e -m o n i e s o f w h i c h a r e d e s c r i b e d a t l e n g t h i n M ~ n a s ~ r a 1 8 .3 4 0 f t. , a n da n a l o g ie s t o w h i c h m i g h t b e s o u g h t i n th e e r e c ti o n o f I n d r a ' s b a n n e r a tt h e I n d r a m a h o t s a v a 2 a n d o n t h e s ta g e b e f o re a d r a m a t i c p e r f o r m a n c e . 3

I f , t h e n , w e r e p l a c e t h e r e a d i n g sa yftpaya.sli .h (sdpaya.s.tiO) o f th e M S S .a As fo r the stapikilapratis.t.hd(M~nas. 18.169) i t ma y be noted that i t is p laced in to aho le (etad gartasyopari sthffpya 18.199) . In some respects the shape of the stftpikflawa s strikingly similar to th at o f the yftpa (cf. 18.74).2 A vivid Prak r i t descr ipt ion of i t occurs in the s tory of Do m uh a (Jacobi, Ausgew6hlteErziihlungen in M6ht~rt~sht.rt,p. 40, 15 ft .) . Cf. also J. J. Meyer, Trilog ie altindischerVegetationsmiichte, I I I , p . 104 f t . ; F . D. K. Bosch, The golden Germ , p. 152 ft.3 K o n o w , Das indische Dram a, p. 23.

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B R IEF C OMMUN IC ATIONS 20 5b y st f tpaya.st . i .h o n t h e s t r e n g t h o f A v a d . 3 8 7 , 1 0-11 , w h e re (i n a p a s s a g ep a ra l l e l t o 3 7 0 , 4 , 3 7 8 , 2 , a n d 3 8 3 , 6 ) w e r e a d t drh pa tdkd~i7 st@aya.st.yamb a d d h v a , t hi s e m e n d a t i o n 4 n o t o n l y d i sp o se s o f t h e " u n e x p e c t e d " c o m -p o u n d yftpaya .st . i -~ a n d o f th e t h e o r i e s a b o u t a p o s s i b le d i f f e re n c e b e t w e e nyapaya.st . i - a n d ya.st . i - i n t h e d e s c r ip t i o n o f t h e D i v y a v a d ~ n a , b u t a l so h a sa c o n s e q u e n c e o f m o r e g e n e ra l i m p o r t a n c e . T h e r e a d i n g y @ a y a . s t . i - ,i n d e e d , h a s g i v en ri se t o t h e a s s u m p t i o n , o n w h i c h m o s t m o d e r n d is -c u s s io n s o f th e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e s t fi p a a r e f o u n d e d , t h a t t h e stC tp ac o n t a i n e d , b e s i d e s t h e ya.s. t i- ( e x p l a i n e d a s a " p i n n a c l e " ) , a l s o a s e p a r a t ee l e m e n t , t h e y @ a - , w h i c h is t a k e n t o b e t h e " c e n t r a l p o s t " . 6 N o w , i tw o u l d s e e m t h a t t h e e m e n d a t i o n p r o p o s e d e n t i tl e s u s t o d i s c a rd t h isa r c h a e o l o g i c a l t h e o r y .4 A l r e a d y s u g g e s t e d a s a m e r e g u e s s b y d e l a V a ll 6 e P o u s s i n , H J A S , 2 (1937) , p . 281 :" P o u r q u o i n e p a s l i r e stCtpaya.st.i ( o u bh~pasyd.n.da ... bh~paya.st.i?)?"5 " e l le e s t c e r t a i n e m e n t i n a t t e n d u e " , d e la V a ll 6 e P o u s s i n , Lc. , p . 2 8 0 ; " l a c o m p o s i t i o nm a t t e n d u e , s i e ll e e s t e x a c te , d e y@aya .s t i " , G . C o m b a z , MdI. chin. et bouddh., 4 , p . 52 ,n . 1 .E . g . , G . C o m b a z , M~L chin . e t bouddh. , 2 , p . 2 0 1 , 4 , p . 4 9 f t . ; P a r a n a v i t a n a , T h eS t t ipa in Cey lon OVIemoir s Ar chaeoL Sur vey o f Cey lon , 5 , 1947) , p . 36 f t . ; F . D . K . B o sc h ,The go lden Ger m, p. 169.

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I t h a s l o n g b e e n o b s e r v e d t h a t t h e V e d ic e v i d en c e d o e s n o t s u p p o r t t h ea s s u m p t i o n o f a t h e m a t i c a o r i s t ad . r5am. W a c k e r n a g e l w i t h d r e w t h ee q u a t i o n ad .~dam (sic): ~Sp~ ( A l t i n d . G r a m m . , I [1896], p. 32, 1. 28) int h e B e r i c h t i g u n g e n (p . 34 4 ). I n 1 92 6 h e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t , s i n c e d.rs 'eyamR S . , d . r ~ e m a A S . d o n o t j u s t i f y th e a s s u m p t i o n o f a n a - a o r i s t, a l l V e d i cf o r m s m u s t b e r e f e r r e d t o a r o o t a o r i s t d d a r ~ a m , pl . 1 ad . rJma ( JB . ) tA n a l o g i c a l n e w f o r m a t i o n s a r e a d a r ~ m a TS. I I I . 2 . 5 . 4 and adar~u .hA B . 7 . 1 7 . 3 . I n D e b r u n n e r ' s N a c h t r i i g e a d A i . Gr. I . 32 [1957] , however ,t h e o l d e q u a t i o n r e c u rs i n a m o d i f ie d f o r m , a d ~ d a m b e i n g r e p l a c e d b y" T S . ad . rdan" , a n d i n H a u s c h i l d ' s r e v is e d v e r s i o n o f T h u m b ' s H a n d b u c hd e s S k t . [ ~ (1958) , p . 247 , we f ind ag a in "6 -d . rd -a t ' e r s a h ' , g r . ~ idg . * e - d ! ' k - e t " . ~ T h i s c a l l s f o r s o m e c o m m e n t .x Fes tgabe Jacob i , p . 16 f . F o r ad.rAma c L W h i t n e y , Roots , p . 7 8 . N o t r e c o r d e d b yC a l a n d , Over en u i t he t Jahn . Br . , p . 23 , A u s w a h l , p . 3 2 2 , n o r b y V i ~ v a b a n d h u S a s tr i .

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