message from Dr. Elst

[Venkatraman Iyer]

 > To make nominally good on another promise, here's one more piece of
 > decipherment by Jha/Rajaram.  Their reading of the Pashupati seal is:
 >
 > Ishadyattamara
 >
 > with different possibilities for vowel length yielding different
 > reasonable readings, most favoured one being: "Mara tamed by Isha".

In old poems of Tamil, Kaama shoots arrow at Lord Shiva on behalf
of Kanchi Kamakshi. But in this seal, where is Maara/Kaama?



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