Re: Crack-pot

I assumed from the subject heading that the message to follow was Dr.
Kalyanaraman's response to charges that he was a specimen of the
item in question. What a surprise...surely his detractors have been
disarmed.

Jim Rader

> There are two lexemes with cognates in many languages of Bharat, for
> two distinct types of ancient pots.
>
> One is a wide-mouthed, rimless pot, bat.a which is rebus
> for 'furnace'.
>
> Another is a narrow-necked jar with a rim, kan.d.a kan-ka, which is
> rebus for 'copper furnace'. kan-ka is Sanskrit karn.aka.
>