agni & dhRSTi- in the Veda

[Dominique.Thillaud]

At 19:36 +0200 29/05/97, B. Reusch wrote:
>At 7:23 +0100 5/29/97, Dominique.Thillaud wrote:
>>
>>	dhRS- is 'to dare' but Vedic dhRSTi- is fire tongue.
>
>Sorry I can't follow you here. On dhRSTi- Mayrhofer says "nicht klar" and
>Grassmann seems to give no citation.
>Perhaps some of the Vedic scholars on the list may help.

	I hope, but:
	1) I read in Mayrhofer's KEWA, s.v. dhRSTiH m. Feuerzange / fire-tongs.
	2) That's not very important because agnisamadyuti exists in MBh
about DhRSTadyumna. If you prefer 'staying in fire-light with boldness', I
can agree.
	Regards,
Dominique

Dominique THILLAUD
Universite' de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France