The Aryans (again); 19th century discourse.

[Robert Zydenbos]

N. Ganesan wrote:
>
> A ChOzha king's descendent is called ChoDaganga Deva in Kalinga.
>
> Is chOzha > choDa something related to tamizh > dramiDa?

This could very well be, if you are referring to something written in
Sanskrit.

The retroflex voiced fricative _l (also written "zh", etc.) has become
the retroflex lateral in modern Kannada and also in some Tamil dialects.
The retroflex lateral was given up in Sanskrit a very long time ago and
replaced by retroflex ".d".

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Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos
Mysore (India)
e-mail zydenbos at bigfoot.com