potters, brahmins, and RSis (contd.)

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 02:46 PM 10/1/97 -0400, S.Palaniyappa  wrote:

>Given the fact Classical Tamil texts show that Dravidian potters acted also
>as sacrificial priests, it is possible that some members of this group could
>have been incorporated into Aryan community from very early times. In that
>case, one can see how the transfer of indigenous pottery technology to
>articles forming part of the Aryan ritual could have easily occurred.
>
>Does this theory sound reasonable to the Vedic scholars on this list?
>
>Regards
>
>S. Palaniappan
>
>

In our region (Andhra) I heard that the person who actually kills the
sacrificial animal (by suffocation) in the Yajnas is a potter.

sarma.