Scharf, Peter. 2002. Rāmopākhyāna--the Story of Rāma in the Mahābhārata: An Independent-study Reader in Sanskrit. Richmond: RoutledgeCurzon.

Corrigenda 2017

I am grateful to Harold Wiese for bringing the errors in this list found in the 2003 RoutledgeCurzon paperback edition to my attention. If you notice errors not in this list, please email me with "Ramopakhyana" in the subject line.

Corrections in the following list use the following abbreviations:

• D = devanagari
• T = transliteration
• S = Sandhi/grammar
• G = glossary
• P = prose
• N = notes
• TL = translation
• [...] = author's comment

Each line records a correction and begins with a brief reference to the chapter and verse, then to the section in the explanation using the above abbreviations. For example, 57.9 G indicates a correction in MBh 3.257.9, in the glossary section.

1. p. 71 D Replace ā --> o [title page]
2. 57.9 G vanaukas twice [word occurs twice in verse]
3. 58.12 TL His son --> His mighty son
4. 58.15 P10 anusvara misplaced in ekāṁ
5. 59.1 G/N comment on vigraha ardham dehasya for ardhadeha?
6. 59.4 P5 rākṣasīs --> rākṣasyas
7. 59.5 P10 nr̥ttagītvi0 --> nr̥ttagītavi
8. 59.12 P4 śūrpanakhā --> śūrpaṇakhā
9. 59.13 G sucaritāṇi --> sucaritāni
10. 59.13 P4 vaśravasā --> viśravasā
11. 59.13 P4 sahāvasad --> sahāvasan
12. 59.22 S below putrakāḥ m1p --> mvp
13. 59.26 P3 tvaṁ nākīrtayat --> tvaṁ nākīrtayaḥ
14. 59.31 T buddhiramaratvam --> buddhir amaratvam (I had mimicked the spacing of Devanagari in the Romanization but will change this in the second edition)
15. 59.31 P4 ajāyata --> ajāyathās
16. 59.38 TL ten-necked --> ten-headed
17. 59.40 P5 bibhyanti --> bibhyati
18. 60.4 G jetum, inf. to be conquered --> jetum, inf. to conquer (the passive is expressed by the gerundive?)
19. 60.5 P2 nigr̥hītum --> nigrahītum
20. 60.7 G sarvaśas, adv., in every: complete? (similarly 63.24)
21. 60.13 G nāgāyutsamāḥ --> nāgāyutasamāḥ
22. 60.13 G yatrecchakam nivāsaḥ yasya saḥ [as an avyayībhāva, yatrecchakam in my compound gloss ends in a neuter singular termination in accordance with A. 2.4.17.]
23. 60.14 P2 tadbrahmā with illegible br
24. 60.14 N I did not really get the mathematical comparison. Perhaps better: … within the same relative clause, like a function in mathematics. If x is the job and y the manner in which to do it, he told her the different x (from some domain of the function) and, for each job (argument x) the associated manner (value y=f(x)). [y is not necessarily a function of x he told her z = f(xy)].
25. 61.3 G nr̥pa related to pā (protect), not āp.
26. 61.11 G sarvam ānuraktāḥ --> sarvam anuraktāḥ
27. 61.13 G kurūnām --> kurūṇām
28. 61.31 G nihatāni kaṇṭakāni --> nihatāḥ kaṇṭakāḥ
29. 61.33 G kulapāṁsana: lyuṭ --> [pāṁsana is not listed in the list nandyādi of A. 3.1.134, though lyu is possible by extension but then the feminine would be pāṁsanā rather than pāṁsanī]
30. 61.33 P3 sukhī --> sukhinī
31. 61.34: D 0bhrātaraṁ with illegible br
32. 61.35 P2 prātiṣṭhayat --> prāsthāpayat
33. 61.38 G visarjita, ppp --> ppp c
34. 61.39 G +āsrama --> +āśrama
35. 61.53 G makarasya āvāsaḥ --> makarāṇām āvāsaḥ
36. 61.53 G mahān asau ca udadhiḥ ca --> mahān ca asau udadhiḥ ca (also 61.55 G pūrvāmātya)
37. 62.1 G phalamūlāni ādīni yasya saḥ --> phalamūlāni ādiḥ yasya saḥ (also see 62.31)
38. 62.5 TL insert ‘briefly’ somewhere
39. 62.12 TL Sitā having noticed you will urge --> Sitā, having noticed you, will urge
40. 62.15 P3 purvaṁ --> pūrvaṁ
41. 62.24 D 0drakṣyase with illegible dr
42. 62.25 N prayaśaṅkata --> paryaśaṅkata
43. 62.31 TL: delete comma after Janaka
44. 62.36 G ‘/m Ved.’ correct?
45. 63.6 D T G P2 aupama --> opama
46. 63.6 T 0rājānaṁ --> 0rājaṁ
47. 63.11 P1 udasrākṣīn māṁ --> udasrākṣīr māṁ
48. 63.20 D P1 P2 anusvāra misplaced in kāṁ
49. 63.22 P2 dadr̥satuḥ --> dadr̥śatuḥ
50. 63.25 G urogataviśālākṣa: MW gata = being in, situated in, contained in
51. 63.28 P3 illegible br
52. 63.29 G TL Kosalā --> Kosala?
53. 64.4 G vr̥ddham ca adaḥ śilam ca --> vr̥ddham ca adaḥ śīlam ca
54. 64.5 P2 upālabdhāḥ --> aor a2s, not upālabhathāḥ which is ipf.
55. 64.14 N spatium in last line
56. 64.15 S 3sa --> 3pa unter tastuḥ
57. 64.20 G tārādhipaḥ prabhā --> tārādhipasya prabhā
58. 64.21 G hr̥taḥ dārāḥ --> hr̥tāḥ dārāḥ
59. 64.26 P1 guhān niragacchat --> guhāyā niragacchat
60. 64.41 D T G P5 aupama --> opama
61. 64.41 TL: comma after ‘and’ in first line
62. 64.44 P2 anusvāra misplaced in 0kāṁ
63. 64.62 TL fear --> fear in all
64. 65.3 G kandarpena --> kandarpeṇa
65. 65.3 P1 P2 anusvāra misplaced in 0kāṁ
66. 65.20 P7 labheta --> labhethāḥ
67. 65.20 P8 labhyeta --> labhyeya
68. 65.21 D P5 anusvāra misplaced in kāṁ
69. 65.23 G root lasj --> lajj
70. 66.8 TL: tuck vocative Lakṣmaṇa at the end
71. 66.14 G root for prahva correct? [MW]
72. 66.45 P3 kasyāyāścit --> kasyāścit
73. 66.57 P3 ahan --> ahanam
74. 66.61 G śākāyām mr̥gaḥ --> śākhāyām mr̥gaḥ
75. 66.67 P3 P6 kākāyeṣikā --> kākāyeṣīkā
76. 66.67 D P7 P8 anusvāra misplaced in 0kāṁ
77. 67.5 G Gandhamādana --> 2x [The word occurs twice in two different senses in the verse.]
78. 67.6 G really śobhanam mahat ?
79. 67.8 TL billion --> trillion
80. 67.17 P1 rejete --> rājete
81. 67.23 G vānarāṇām mukhyāḥ --> vānarāṇām mukhyaḥ
82. 67.38 N Rāvaṇa's speech --> the ocean's speech
83. 68.7 G gatā vyathā yamāt --> gatā vyathā yasmāt (also 69.13)
84. 68.13 G hiṁśita --> hiṁsita
85. 68.25 TL billion --> trillion
86. 68.38 N Why the neuter tāni in c?
87. 69.9 N The mathematical analogy is unclear to me.
88. 69.12 G marmāni --> marmāṇi
89. 69.14 G delete vi before the root vyath
90. 70.6 TL raṇe not translated
91. 70.10 d D dr illegible
92. 70.12 P5 dhūmrākṣaśca --> dhūmrākṣasya ca
93. 70.28 S itikartavye could also be locative singular.
94. 71.1 P3 Delete first purād viniryāya
95. 72.9 G śabham lakṣaṇam --> śubham lakṣaṇam
96. 72.17 S Is indrajitaḥ genitive or ablative
97. 72.20 P2 0intarhitaṁ --> antarhitaṁ
98. 72.24 G delete vi before the root viś
99. 73.5 P3 sthaḥ --> staḥ
100. 73.16 N before he --> before the latter
101. 73.16 TL toward him angrily attacking --> towards him who was angrily attacking
102. 73.24 G Or better: vinikr̥ttau bhujau skandhāt yasya saḥ
103. 74.25 TL brahmāstreṇa not translated
104. 75.10 P5 amoci --> amukthāḥ
105. 75.33 P illegible dhru
106. 75.39 D P5 anusvāra misplaced in 0ṭāṁ
107. 75.44 G sma --> ever, certainly
108. 75.57 TL insert accomplished or, better perhaps, effective
109. 76.4 P3 saṁjaghnuṣā --> m3s pfap sam%han