[INDOLOGY] Two etymologies

[Artur Karp]

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2016-07-07 19:33 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:

> > wild speculation
>
> Yes, quite wild, if I may say so.
>
> Takṣaka as 'builder' (Polish 'budowniczy', Czech 'stavitel'),
> 'construction foreman' sounds reasonable, quite convincing.
>
> Now, Uttanka? One who 'ruins', 'lays waste' (Turner 5628, tañc –
> ‘contract, coagulate’)?
>
> See this Mbh episode (Kumbakonam 1906 Ed.), where Uttanka, while trying to
> enter Taksaka's underground home, violently destroys its entrance.
>
> Artur Karp
>
>


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