[INDOLOGY] INDOLOGY Digest, Vol 10, Issue 16

[Dr. Rupali Mokashi]

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On Nov 15, 2013 12:15 AM, <indology-request at list.indology.info> wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:24:34 -0500
> From: Suresh Kolichala <suresh.kolichala at gmail.com>
> To: "Tieken, H.J.H." <H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl>
> Cc: "indology at list.indology.info" <indology at list.indology.info>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Brahmin Priestesses
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> A more plausible derivation for *t**?vanti*/*t?vantikai *would be from  the
> flower name *c**?mant?*/*s**?**mant?*/*s**?mantika *?the Indian white rose
> Rosa glandulifera?*.*
>
> The alternation of  the radical vowel between ?- and ?- would point to a
> possible presence of palatal.  In Telugu, this flower is known as c?mant?,
> c
> ?mant? or c?vanti. Irregular word-initial *c*- > *t*- is not uncommon in
> Tamil and other Dravidian languages[1][2], as evident in the
> transformations of the following borrowings from Indo-Aryan:
>
> *sattva *?strength? > *cattuvam, tattuvam*
> *sn?nam *?bath? > *t?nam*
> *samtati *?lineage? >* tantati*
> *?sanam *?posture? > *?canam *> *?tanam*
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> Intervocalic /m/ > /v/ is well-known in South Dravidian.
>
> Therefore, I propose:
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> **c**?-/**c**?**ma-**nt-i**> c**?**mant? > t**?vanti *?the Indian white
> rose Rosa glandulifera?*.*
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> It goes well with the other flower names used for characters in the
> *Cilappatik?ram *such as *m**?tavi *(related to *m**?dhavi*).
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> Regards,
> Suresh.
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> [1] Emeneau, Murray, Proto-Dravidian *c-:Toda t-" BSOAS 1953
> [2] Emeneau, Murray, Proto-Dravidian *c- and Its Developments JAOS1988.
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> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Tieken, H.J.H. <
> H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
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> >  Instead of devavandhy?, could t?vantikai not correspond to Skt
> > dev?ntik?, fem. of dev?nta(ka), a name of a r?k?asa and of a daitya (MW)?
> >
> >  Herman Tieken
> > University of Leiden
> > The Netherlands
> >  website: hermantieken.com
> >    ------------------------------
> > *Van:* INDOLOGY [indology-bounces at list.indology.info] namens
> > palaniappa at aol.com [palaniappa at aol.com]
> > *Verzonden:* donderdag 14 november 2013 12:11
> > *To:* indology at list.indology.info
> > *Onderwerp:* [INDOLOGY] Brahmin Priestesses
> >
> >  Dear Indologists,
> >
> >  The Cilappatik?ram, the Tamil epic, has a character named
> > T?vanti/T?vantikai.  She was a brahmin and was a friend of the heroine,
> > Ka??aki. She married C?tta?, a god in human form. Eight years after
> > marriage, he revealed to her his real nature and left her asking her to
> > come to his temple. Accordingly, she worshipped at the temple of C?tta?.
> At
> > the end of the epic, when  the temple to Ka??aki is inaugurated,
> > T?vantikai, under possession by C?tta?, T?vantikai entered a trance and
> > danced and C?tta? spoke through her. Later, the C?ra king Ce?ku??uva?
> > established a grant for worship and daily celebration at the Ka??aki
> temple
> > and appointed her to offer flowers, incense, and fragrances at the
> temple.
> > After worshipping Ka??aki, the king and others including a brahmin named
> > M??ala? entered a separate sacrificial hall where T?vantikai again spoke
> as
> > an oracle.
> >
> >
> >
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