[INDOLOGY] Maurya etymology

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

I have not found Muraa in the VP in its description of kings of the kali
era. The name occurs in a commentary.
Best
DB

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> In a message sent to me Dipak Bhattacharya points out that the
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> "Buddhist sources give the name as Moriya -- the 'peacock men'. Maurya
> from Murā is perhaps an instance of Sanskritization."
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> But - is this the only etymology?
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> Where Murā comes from - and what would it mean?
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> Best,
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> Artur K.
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