Dear Dominik,

I. Scheftelowitz (Zur Textkritik und Lautlehre des Ṛgveda; In: WZKM 21 (1907): 85–142) notes regarding the Kashmiri R̥gveda mss., that word-initial and -middle ś frequently turns to ṣ following ī̆, u, o, e, r̥, r. In contrast, ṣ frequently turns to ś following i, u, e, a, r, r̥, but never after ī, ū, o, ai, au (ibid. §24ff. p.123ff.). He also gives explicit information on kośa/koṣa, stating the latter to be a younger development found earliest in the Brāhmaṇas and then the MBh (p.127).

Best,

Raik Strunz

 

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>>> Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> 11.05.20 23.40 Uhr >>>

I always thought the first, with ś, was correct, and the second was just an orthographic error.  Then I saw "-koṣa" on the title page of Ingalls's Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa.  He must have thought about this.

So which is "right" and why?

Best,

Dominik

PS I haven't even done elementary due diligence on this question, beyond MW.