tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post8185170124438529667..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 9.48: Nice Theory, Shame about the Trying to Be RightMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-9869298584182264502011-05-17T04:00:52.872-07:002011-05-17T04:00:52.872-07:00Ha! For a measure of the difference in writing abi...Ha! For a measure of the difference in writing ability (not to mention practical understanding) between Ashvaghosha and me, for a start, you could count the number of words in my comment today, if you had a few minutes to waste, and compare that number with the number of syallables in Ashvaghosha's Sanskrit verse: 48. <br /><br />For another thing you could compare the rambling and erratic progress of my blogs, a manifestation of much blind groping in the dark, and the masterful design of the eighteen cantos of Saundarananda, with its inter-weaving of metaphors, repeated refrains, and calibrated progression.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-27319262741919275582011-05-17T02:45:10.607-07:002011-05-17T02:45:10.607-07:00what about yourself?what about yourself?Ian Crossnoreply@blogger.com