pots, brahmin names, and potters

[H.M.Hubey]

Artur Karp wrote:
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>
> What is lost in some translations of the Mbh (I haven't checked Van
> Buitenen though) is the fact that the text of the SvayaMvaraparvan calls
> the potter at first kumbhakAra and then bhArgava [kumbhakAra(sya zAlAyAM),

I wonder if this word has spread to the neighborhood in the form of
"kumbara" meaning "piggy bank". Does this word exist in Iranian or
Arabic?


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Mark
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