---In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> Dear Mr.Shivraj
> With reference to your claim, pl find the below link to
> know/learn fully about Pāvāṇar's view on "ச ca/sa"
> This will help you to understand antiquity/greatness of
> Tamil, more.
Dear Ravi,
We are not discussing either the anitquity or the greatness
of Tamil rather what is written in Tolkappiyam.
Pavanar is very clear about what is written in Tolkappiyam
about words beginning with "ச". He goes on to criticise
Tolkpapiyar that he got this rule wrong.
As I have demonstrated that Tolkappiyam does not contain any
words beginning with "ச".
The implication here is that any reconstructed proto
Dravidian etymology which makes a word begin with "ச" will
have to tell us why Tamil words cannot begin with "ச" but
other Dravidian language words can.
Regards,
Shivraj
[Top-posting corrected. -BMS]