sarasvatI (etymology)

[Michael Witzel]

On Sun, 31 May 1998, Raoul Martens wrote:

> Couldn't the Sarasvati name thus be related to the time before the
> final drying  up of the shallow and swampy lakes, where evidently many
> settlements existed?

As I have suggested earlier and cf. map in BEI 2, 1984.

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