Rigveda: dravidian word kun.d.apa_yya

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

--- "Chandrasekaran, Periannan" <Periannan.Chandrasekaran at DELTA-AIR.COM> wrote:

> > But, kun.d.e = bottom of a vessel (Kannada)(DEDR 1693A). Is the word
> > in the RV a word drawn from the dravidian substratum? Would appreciate
> > comments.
> >
>
> In classical Tamil,
> kuNDu = deep  as in
> "kuNDu cun2ai pUtta ..." (tirumurukARRuppaTai:199)
> -->"...[flowers] that blossomed in deep rock wells..."
>
> " tiN tEr kuzitta kuNTu neTu teruvil" (perumpANARRUppaTai:397)
> -->"in the long avenues with deep imprints by the [treads of]
>  strong chariots "
>
> There are other phrases such as
> "kuNDu kaN akazi" (puRanAn2URu:21:2)
> -->"deep moats"

CT usage shows that ku.n.ta is not borrowed into Tamil.
Are than Old Iranian and IE cognates for ku.n.da (=pot)??

In addition to Chandra's quotations:
ku.n.du as "deep", "hole" occurs a lot. Compare the common
phrase, "ku.n.d.u, kuzi".

ku.n.tu = round vessel;
ku.n.tai = earthen pot;
ku.n.taa, ku.n.taan2 = pot;
ku.n.tam = tank, pot, pit
etc.,

Agastya, the kalasha muni, is famous in Java
and Kau.n.dinyavarman is the founder of Funan;
CT commentator says agastya leads the vELir expansion
to the South.

Is kau.n.di.nya from ku.n.da?


SM

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