[INDOLOGY] Fwd: Pippalagrama of the Nikumbha king?

[Madhav Deshpande]

FYI
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From: Witzel, Michael <witzel at fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Pippalagrama of the Nikumbha king?
To: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
Cc: "Witzel, Michael" <witzel at fas.harvard.edu>


Dear Madhav,

unless the Maharastrian “Saint” Tuka(Ram) is a clue, Pippala-grama- derived
names also occur in Orissa (Pipli when Paippaladin Atharvavedins indeed
exist: I talk to them in 1983) and in U.P.

Similarly for Kumbha/Nikumbha that occur, if memory serves, in the Nilamata
Purana of Kashmir and in the Devi Mahatmya: All clearly mythological…(next
to Piśācas etc,)
Is the change from bh > b a Maharastrian trait? I doubt. But typical for
Dardic languages, including Kashmiri.

Just my 2 cents.
Michael




> On Jun 9, 2017, at 2:41 AM, Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Many thanks to Ashok Aklujkar and Madhav Deshpande for their prompt
replies! There was a discussion on the list about two years ago concerning
the name Tuka itself, which also seemed likely to be of Marathi origin. I
am still wondering about the 'one great king' of the Nikumbhas, which does
sound as though the author had a particular ruler in mind. It needn't have
been a contemporary king, of course -- it might be someone associated
historically with the founding of Pippalagrāma.
>
> Martin Gansten
>
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