Re: Mitanni and Matsya

In terms of myth, "reddish" makes plenty of sense for
the sun's chariot driver, since the sun is preceeded
by the red dawn and followed by the red dusk or "born
and dies in blood" as the Mesoamericans sometimes put
it.


--- Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan"
> <proto-language@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I doubt very seriously if the charioteer of the
> 'sun-god' could
> > be named 'Reddish' [Skt. arun.a -- Francesco]
> since that is a post
> > usually ascribed to the planet Mercury, which is
> not 'red(dish)'.
>
> Unfortunately for you, arun.a in Sanskrit means,
> since the R.gvedic
> period, 'reddish-brown, tawny, red, ruddy (the
> colour of the morning
> opposed to the darkness of night)'. Starting with
> the Laws of Manu
> (composed around the turn of the current era), and
> till our days,
> the term becomes a noun indicating dawn personified
> as the
> charioteer of the sun-god, Suurya (see
> Monier-Williams's Skt.-Engl.
> dictionary).
>
> Surya's chariot driven by Aruna:
>
>

http://www.idrf.org/dynamic_includes/images/hsp/ac001.jpg

>
> > Aru- probably is related to Arya-, which probably
> means 'pale-
> > colored'.
>
> Oh my! Here you go again, not repented, with your
> astounding
> etymology Arya = 'white-complexioned people'! For
> the most probable
> etymology of Skt. arun.a, see Lubotsky's IA database
> (based on
> Mayrhofer) at
>
> http://tinyurl.com/285vmr
>
> Regards,
> Francesco
>
>
>

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