Talk:Gaha Sattasai

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The result of the move request was: article moved to Gaha Sattasai. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:42, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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Gatha Saptashati → Gahasattasai — - This work is in Maharashtri Prakrit, so the title of the article should be its original title in that language rather than its Sanskrit equivalent and the word Gahasattasai is a single word. Joy1963^Talk 05:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

It would be fine to move it to Gaha Sattasai or Gāhā Sattasaī, or even Hala's Sattasai, but I disagree that "Gahasattasai" is a single word. If you look at the sources in the article,

* Khoroche's edition (2009) calls it Hāla's Sattasaī

* Winternitz's A History of Indian Literature calls it Sattasaī

* Ancient Indian literature: an anthology calls it the Gāhā Sattasaī, and later just the Sattasaī

* Schelling's book and review call it the Gaha Kosha.

It's clear from the meaning: Gāhā, from Skt Gāthā, means "verse , stanza", and Sattasaī, from Skt. Saptaśatī, means "seven hundred".

It's clearer and easier to read as two words. :-)

Anyway, it would be better to spend time expanding and improving the article than quibbling about its title, so I don't object to whatever title. Shreevatsa (talk) 05:45, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Looks like there isn't going to be much more discussion… and we can move it to Gaha Sattasai right now. Any objections? Shreevatsa (talk) 22:01, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn. Jafeluv (talk) 06:30, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Gaha Sattasai → Gatha Saptashati – There is no single source which says that this work is in Maarashtri Prakrit. Looks like no one participated in earlier discussion Nagarjuna198 (talk) 07:11, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

My bad. I found a source. MaharashtriNagarjuna198 (talk) 07:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

In that case, can you remove the requested move? I was the one who originally created the article at its Sanskrit name (Gatha Saptashati), but now I think it's more appropriate to use the actual Prakrit name. See the discussion above for the different names that the sources call it... most of them don't use the Sanskrit name. Shreevatsa (talk) 13:02, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

The bot will automatically remove this one Requested Move. I got confused because many Telugu poets also wrote versions of Gatha Saptashati in sanskrit and translated to Telugu. I didn't know original was written in Maharashtri Prakrit. Anyway Thanks for your contributionsNagarjuna198 (talk) 02:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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