Is "Sanskrit" Dravidian ?

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

>  However, if nobody can think of a suitable Dravidian etymology on the
> linss of Prof. Hock's IE derivat'n, then I shall have to retract the idea.

   There is NO derivation of the word, samskrtam from Dravidian.

>  I do not claim that IE or Vedic is derived from Dravidian; I have only
> suggested that the word `Sanskrit' may be.

   Sanskrit ot its name cannot be derived from Tamil.

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