Re: Witzel and Sautsutras (was: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of

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

>
> At 10:24:43 PM on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, shivkhokra
> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> > <gabaroo6958@> wrote:
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> >> It's easy to find insignificant errors in book sized
> >> texts. I've found an error or two in Witzel --e.g. he
> >> refers to a reference about a "spotted animal'" that was
> >> a major carnivore. He thought it referred to a dog, when
> >> it was obvious that it referred to a cheetah, leopard or
> >> snow leopard. But Witzel, despite minor errors, has
> >> overwhelming evidence on his side
>
> > These are not insignificant errors!
>
> Rick was being generous: we still have no reason to think
> that Witzel made an error here. We have no evidence that
> you're competent to judge whether he did.
>

We have no evidence that you understand Sanskrit. So we are not sure about your competence to evaluate a discussion on Sanskrit.

> > Dr Witzel's translation made him say that Sanskrit corpus
> > of India "remembers" an "arrival" into India from the
> > west!
>
> Which it apparently does.
>

I am afraid you again "prove" you do not know Sanskrit.

> > This in his POV "confirmed" AIT.
>
> No, it's simply one more piece of evidence of non-indigenous
> origin of the Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia.
>

And what might be "other" pieces of evidence be since B. Sutra 18.44 is not one of them.

> > Yet the opposite is true. Sanskrit works have no memory
> > of an arrival into India.
>
> So you say. But we've no reason to believe you.
>

Getting a bit boring now. My 2 cents please learn Sanskrit.

> > Furthermore I do not know what you mean by "overwhelming
> > evidence on his side". Could you please elaborate with an
> > example?
>
> That you can ask this question after all this time shows
> that you don't give a damn about the evidence that you can't
> distort to support your ideology. If you did, you'd have
> learned enough linguistics to know some of it without having
> to ask to be spoon-fed like an infant.
>

Look we have heard your myriad claims but seen no evidence to back them up. Same with Brighenti.

Regards,
Shivraj