[tied] Re: Sanskrit Rta... and related terms

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

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:
> >
> > So PIE *H2rtó- > PII *H2rtá- > both rta- and asha-
>
> Yep.

Woohooo.. I finally got it right :^)

>
> > Your closing paragraph summarized the issue nicely for me.
> > Sadly (from my POV), having read your words, it seems there
> > is no evidence to support a cognate to Rta among the European
> > languages - so much for the ambition of discovering one!
>
> Well there might have been a concept of something like
> Rta, only under some other name. Think on how 'moksa-'
> and 'nirvana-' refer to more or less the same thing,
> and how if all evidence of 'moksa-' had disappeared, we
> might now suppose that the concept was first introduced
> from Buddhism.

Agreed, my primary focus is the study of comparative PIE religions,
linguistics is just a means to that end for me. I've done some work
researching various similar IE concepts but was just holding out hope
that linguistics might contain some further evidence (which is does
not appear to).

>
> Oh not at all, and there are surely people on this list
> better qualified to answer your questions than me, but
> is bothers me so whenever your questions go unanswered
> that I just had to give it a try myself.

Well I have to say, your explanations have been the clearest I've
seen. I truly do appreciate the time it takes to type out something
so detailed!

Sincerely,
Aydan