[INDOLOGY] Two etymologies

[Artur Karp]

Dear Colleagues,

Uttaṅka

one more question: to your knowledge - does Mahabharata know of any other
person whose name would end in *-**aṅka*?

Artur Karp



2016-07-07 19:40 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:

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> 2016-07-07 19:33 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:
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>> > wild speculation
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>> Yes, quite wild, if I may say so.
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>> Takṣaka as 'builder' (Polish 'budowniczy', Czech 'stavitel'),
>> 'construction foreman' sounds reasonable, quite convincing.
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>> Now, Uttanka? One who 'ruins', 'lays waste' (Turner 5628, tañc –
>> ‘contract, coagulate’)?
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>> See this Mbh episode (Kumbakonam 1906 Ed.), where Uttanka, while trying
>> to enter Taksaka's underground home, violently destroys its entrance.
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>> Artur Karp
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