[INDOLOGY] Two etymologies

[Nagaraj Paturi]

FWIW, In the Telugu translation of MBh by Nannaya , he uses
calls/translates Uttanka as Udanka, making it Ut +anka rather than Ut
+tanka.

2016-07-08 15:30 GMT+05:30 Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>:

>
> http://pustak.org/index.php/dictionary/word_meaning/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%95
>
> *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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-- 
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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