Jamshid

[Chandrasekaran, Periannan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Martin Fosse [mailto:lmfosse at ONLINE.NO]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 6:15 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Jamshid
>
>
> >
> > -tra means "to release" as in the word "mantra" being something
> > that "sets free the mind (mana)."  Also this is found in the word
> > ksatriya.  Does the word "astra" (weapon) coming from "throw,
> > release" refer to the releasing of a mantra?
> >
>
> Nope. -tra is a fairly normal Indo-European suffix also found
> in Greek and Latin
> (-tro-). It is the zero stage of the suffix -ter/-tor + the
> thematic vowel if I
> remember correctly.

Could you give some examples of such  Latin/Greek please?

Regards,
Chandra