Re: [tied] Re: Prakrit cha 'six'

From: Daniel Baum
Message: 28717
Date: 2003-12-23

Well, it's certainly not difficult to prove that the Rigveda is not in the same dialect as classical Sanskrit, or indeed, the later Vedic texts. However, there is no variant form of the number six beginning with a /k/ in the Rigveda, at least as far as I am aware.
 
 
Daniel
 
 
 
 

David:
 
According to Colin P. Masica in _The Indo-Aryan Languages_ (Cambridge Language Surveys, 1991), Vedic "was based apparently on a far western dialect, perhaps influenced by Iranian".  That's as opposed to Sanskrit, which he says was based on a midland dialect.  If that's indeed the case, and if at least some of the Prakrits were derived from the same source as Vedic, then that could bear out your hypothesis.  What do you think?
 
Andy Howey

wtsdv <liberty@...> wrote:
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> Where does the Prakrit (incl. Pali) word _cha_ 'six' come from? 
> I don't see how to relate it to Sankrit SaS- beyond a vague
> similarity.

Isn't it supposed to come from a variant beginning with
*k or *kW, as seen in Avestan xšvaš or Ossetic æxsæz? 
Although I don't remember if Old Indo-Aryan kS- resulted
in Prakrit ch- or not.  Do you know?   

David



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