arma-, armaka 'ruined site'

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 09:12 AM 4/2/98 -800, you wrote:
>    Vaidix <Vaidix at AOL.COM>
>
>
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> I remember having read a verse in RGveda (page 583 in Indian edition by
>> Griffith, I believe it is 10th mandala) which says 'O Agni, you successfuly
>> quelled the hateful dASas and AryAs'. (Or look for AryAs in index to find the
>> verse, that is how I found it.)
>>
>> Doesn't this mean the vedic tribes were other than both dAsAs and AryAs?
>>
>
>Another perplexing matter is that in the Rgveda , the Supreme
>Deity is called an Asura, and the latter are held in a favorable
>light.  Eventually, Asuras become demons opposed to the Devas. In
>Iran, it is the Daevas who are demons opposed to the Ahura.  In my
>view, the texts preceeding the polarization of Asuras and Devas
>represent the earliest period and these appear only in India (as far
>as I'm aware).
>
>Regards,
>Paul Kekai Manansala
>
>

The synonym "pUrvadEvAH" for asuras I think may be significant.

regards,

sarm