Re: 'dyeus' chronology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@...> wrote:

> Have you tried consulting a sanskrit dictionary and did you not find "sinhrutra" meaning destroyer?

When I try Monier-Williams on-line ( http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/ ), I don't find it either. The nearest we can find is saMhartR - no <i>, no <u>. The word's in the middle column of http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/monier/serveimg.pl?file=/scans/MWScan/MWScanjpg/mw1123-saMhita.jpg .

Now, we can see mechanisms by which _saMhartR_ might become "sinhrutra" over the years - /saM/ > /siG/ (G = velar nasal) is a plausible change, but younger than Indic writing so far as I can tell. The change of /R/ > /ru/ is attested in the South Indian tradition, so all that is need is an analogical change of /ar/ to /R/. However, these do not make "sinhrutra" Sanskrit.

Richard.