On 2008-10-09 20:46, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
> Both you and M. Patnaik are confusing a word and its semantic content.
I am not. What I'm talking about is Varuna's _name_ (that's why often
prefer to use the word "theonym" rather than "god"). The _functions_ of
gods are notoriously shifty and susceptible to external influences.
Dyaus cannot be equated with Jupiter in terms of function, but they are
certainly each other's cognates, formally. Varuna's _function_ as, let's
say, the guardian of the law, may of course be as old as anything, but
not in connection with the same theonym.
Piotr