Re: Substrate language which contributed sarSapa to Indo Aryan

On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 8:34 PM IST ravivararo@... wrote:

>Dear Mr.Shivraj
>
>With reference to your citation/claim that "Tolkappiyam
>states that no words can start with palatal "ca" while
>Nannul many hundred years later has no such rule. All
>Dravidian words starting with "ca" are loan words", I wish
>to state that quasi/pseudo linguists/grammarians and Pro
>Aryan cum (1/2 baked) Sanskrit Scholars in Tamil Nadu have
>maliciously cited the wrong patha bhedha of Tholkappiyam
>Sutra.
>
>Wrong reading of Tholkappiyam Sutra is
>
>cakarak kiḷaviyum avaṟṟō raṟṟē
>a, ai, au eṉum mūṉṟalaṅ kaḍaiyē.
>
>சகரக் கிளவியும் அவற்றோ ரற்றே
>அ, ஐ, ஒள எனும் மூன்றலங் கடையே
>
>Original version is
>
>cakarak kiḷaviyum avaṟṟō raṟṟē
>avai au eṉum oṉṟalaṅ kaḍaiyē
>
>சகரக் கிளவியும் அவற்றோ ரற்றே
>அவை ஒள எனும் ஒன்றலங்கடையே

Alas ! The so called real version is the one that you cite
and since you cite, that becomes the 'real version'.

Unfortunately, world is wise enough and understands all such
things.

Lalit Mishra.