Re: [tied] Star (was "Azerbaijan")

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 12462
Date: 2002-02-24

But 'night' is <nakt->, not <naks.a->, in Indo-Aryan. <naks.atram> is a technical astronomical term, meaning roughly 'celestial body'. It may have been formed from the verb <naks.ati> 'reach, attain' (< *nek^s-, an extension of *nek^-), implying 'that which reaches (its position in the sky)'. Cf. RV 4.43: uru va:M ratHaH pari naks.ati dya:m 'in the wide space, your chariot reaches the (bright) sky' (addressed to the As'vins).
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: João Simões Lopes Filho
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Star (was "Azerbaijan")

Could Naksatra be from naks- "night"?