Fate of NCC

[K S Arjunwadkar]

Date sent:              Tue, 5 Oct 1999 17:26:07 EDT
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From:                   Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan <Palaniappa at AOL.COM>
Subject:                Re: Fate of NCC
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> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999,  arjunwadkar at MCMAIL.COM wrote:
>
> <I also see that the huge project of A Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical
> Principles sponsored by the Deccan College, Pune is facing a similar fate
> despite the
> foundational work of collecting references from Sanskrit works to the tune of
> a crore (ten million).>
>
> Is this an etymological dictionary? If so, I would like to know if any Munda
> or Dravidian language specialists are involved in the project. I am
> interested especially in any information about any Tamil scholars (not Tamil
> Sanskritists) involved in the project. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
> S. Palaniappan

Reply
As far as I know, this project has no plan in its etymological aspact
to go beyond Sanskrit into the early history of its words in relation
to other linguistic stocks in India, as it is not yet established
conclusively. Of course, there were (and still may be) Tamil
scholars on the staff of the project, but they were all Sanskritists.
KSA/6-10-1999