[INDOLOGY] The Buddhist term sutta

[Andrew Ollett]

Dear Jim,

See Max Walleser's 1914 book, footnote on p. 4:

https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.87981/page/4/mode/2up

K. R. Norman and Gombrich accepted this suggestion. I suppose Pollock got
it from Gombrich.

Andrew

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 2:22 PM Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Sheldon Pollock in *The Language of the Gods in the World of Men *(p. 52)
> suggests that the Buddhist term “sutta” does not derive from the Sanskrit
> *sūtra,* but rather from *sūkta. *Sanskrit double consonant clusters do
> show regular assimilation, regressively and progressively, in Prakrit,
> where two different consonants become a double of one of them. I’m
> interested in hearing learned opinion on Pollock’s suggestion. I had not
> noticed this interesting detail, when I first read this book some years ago.
>
> James Ryan
> Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus)
> California Institute of Integral Studies
>
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