Re: 'dyeus' chronology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:

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> At 1:33:42 PM on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, shivkhokra
> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> > <bm.brian@> wrote:
>
> >> At 3:18:47 PM on Saturday, October 9, 2010, shivkhokra
> >> wrote:
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> >>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> >>> <bm.brian@> wrote:
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> [...]
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> >>>> You appear to have completely missed Francesco's point,
> >>>> which is that all of this is completely irrelevant to
> >>>> Linear B <pu-ro> 'Pulos', which cannot have the same
> >>>> source.
>
> >>> No. I have given two examples: matoropuro and rauratijo
> >>> puro
>
> >> And *again* you miss the point. If you cannot read any
> >> better than that, you're wasting everyone's time.
>
> > No. I find it strange that you are considering Homer the
> > "geographer's" Pylos as gospel, eventhough Crete existed
> > 700 years prior to Homer, and the fact that many modern
> > scholars reject misguided (nationalistic?)attempts to seek
> > "history" in Homer.
>
> What *are* you blathering about now? Homer has nothing to
> do with it.
>

Are you aware of Nestor's Pylos?

> > At the same time you have no words of admonishment for
> > McAllister and Brighenti when they say that Vedic
> > Saraswati is not the same Saraswati that is now a dry
> > river bed even though Rg Veda list rivers *in order*
> > starting from Ganga and travelling west and each of these
> > rivers is still at exactly the same spot as given in the
> > verse.
>
> Rick didn't actually say any such thing: he suggested the
> possibility. And I wouldn't comment in any case, since I
> know nothing about that particular issue. I *do* know
> something about the linguistic issue, however.
>

Goodness gracious! Rg Veda lists rivers *in order*, remembers drying up of saraswati and you have hard time understanding this or asking Rick to provide some evidence for his absurd hypothesis?

> > Why such double standard?
>
> > PS: Seals on Crete contain the name Ma-to-ro.
>
> Really?

Yes matauro is attested on tablets from crete. Not only this du-pure on cretan tablets stands for "master of a place/palace". Just to remind you pura in vedic sanskrit is a palace.

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> > Minoan Cretan language belongs to Satem group unlike
> > Greek.
>
> Eh? Minoan is an isolate.
>

I guess you are familiar with all the languages of this region anterior to greek? Anyway the word for destroyer on cretan tables is sirute which can be compare to sanskrit siru "to destroy" and can be compare to Greek "keraijo" which means destruction.

> > Their is reference to Siva like destroyer on Cretan
> > tablets.
>
> Do tell.
>

See above.