Re: [tied] Re: Abadha, avadh, oudh, kos'ala

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 13507
Date: 2002-04-26

Isn't the variant <abadHa->, <avadH> folk-etymological? The development of <ayodHya-> into <audH> looks regular, but it looks as if there had been a secondary ahistorical association with <abadHa-> or <avadHa-> 'indestructible'. Of course <ayodHya-> is related to <yudHyate> 'fight, oppose' (PIE root *jeudH-) and means 'not to be warred against'.
 
Piotr
 
 
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Subject: [tied] Re: Abadha, avadh, oudh, kos'ala

Avadh is traditionally derived from the word Ayodhya. Audh/Oudh/Ajodhya are all derivatives of Ayodhya.

As an example - a famous Hindi poet was 'Ayodhya Singh Upadhyaya', and he wrote under the pen-name 'Hari Audh' where Hari is a synonym of 'Upadhyaya' (Lord Krishna, the teacher), and Audh is from Ayodhya.