Rig Veda, ta'ntra, nUl, and sUtra

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> From:          Palaniappa at aol.com


 There is a
> proverb in Tamil which translates into, "When you have butter in hand, why go
> all over looking for clarified butter?"
> 

Very well put.  Unfortunately this is not the way Western scholarship
has worked.  Better to find the source in the Near East or Europe.

Paul Kekai Manansala