The word BATUKA

[Axel Michaels]

>etymology
>and exact meaning of the word BATUKA which has the dictionary
>meaning " temple priest". 
>The only related word I know is BATU that is used for a boy
>about to have his threading ceremony.
>Thank you in advance.
>Jayant
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>Chemistry Department                              Fax   (03)9054597 
>Monash University           e-mail:jayant.b.bapat at sci.monash.edu.au
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vatu(ka) with retroflex dental ist a common word for "child, boy" and 
mentioned in all Sanskrit Dictionaries. 
Best Greetings, A.M.

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Prof.Dr. Axel Michaels
Universit{t Bern
Institut f}r Religionswissenschaft
Lerchenweg 36
CH-3000 Bern 9
Tel.: (0041)(0)31 631 80 62, Fax.: (0041)(0)31 631 35 51
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