Re: Substrate language which contributed sarSapa to Indo Ar

Shivraj wrote:

> I am afraid your derivation does not hold. If

you study these correspondences: (Read the initial z as sanskrit श)

> .......

> Is'nt it clear that Tamil suppresses sanskrit श (z), ष (S),

and स (s)?

> Now let us look at mustard:

> Sanskrit   Pali

        Tamil 

> sarSapa   

sasapa     aiyavi    

> It is clear that Tamil mustard is derived

from Sanskrit. 

People like Burrow, Krishnamurtti, Zvelebil and Subrahmanyam who spent time and energy researching on Proto Dravidian ‘k’ and ‘c’ did not have such “advanced” knowledge which Shivraj possess on Dravidian languages. Therefore I am incompetent to discuss Dravidian grammar with Shivraj. I wrote that message for others.

Regards

 

-Jyothi

[Quoting tidied up and excessive quoting trimmed - RW.]