[INDOLOGY] Two etymologies

Nagaraj Paturi nagarajpaturi at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 10:00:06 UTC 2016


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*तक्षक  :* पुं० [सं०√तक्ष+ण्वुल्-अक] १. पुराणानुसार पाताल के आठ नागों में
से एक जो कश्यप का पुत्र था और कद्रु के गर्भ से उत्पन्न हुआ था। राजा
परीक्षित की मृत्यु इसी के काटने से हुई थी। २. सर्प। साँप। ३. विश्वकर्मा। ४.
बढ़ई। ५. सूत्रधार। ६. नाग नामक वायु जो दस वायुओं में से एक है। ७. एक प्रकार
का पेड़। ८. प्राचीन काल की एक संकर जाति जिसकी उत्पत्ति सूत्रिक पिता और
ब्रह्मणी माता से कही गई है। वि० १. तक्षण करनेवाला। २. काटने या *छेदनेवाला*।

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> 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>:
>
>>
>> Complete page:
>>
>> 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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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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