Re: Hindu noise-makers, Elst and OIT -- a review of book by Harald

From: shivkhokra
Message: 71416
Date: 2013-10-18

Dear Brian,

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

At 5:14:44 PM on Thursday, October 17, 2013, shivkhokra@... wrote:
>> If Arnaud has no knowledge of Sanskrit and Vedic Sanskrit

>Your hypothesis is false. Apparently you’ve not bothered to
see what he has actually said about his background.

   Well I have interacted with him dozens of time in the last couple of years and I find him to be a very smart linguist. But he does not know Sanskrit or Vedas is also crystal clear.
> how can Dr B's grandstanding statement that it is
> "dishonest to claim here that Arnaud's review does not
> entirely demolish Talageri's main linguistic "result"" be
> correct? Since Talageri wrote about Vedas: a person
> critiquing his work atleast needs to know the language
> Vedas are written in? No?
>Not necessarily, no. It obviously depends on what kinds of
flaws are present in Talageri’s book.

Since you are familiar with Arnaud's critique hence I rieterate my request can you please post something from his critique which you think is kosher?

Regards,
Shivraj