Etymology of a few words

[Vishal Agarwal]

I agree with Vidya that there is no external check that can prevent budding
mystics from taking flights of fancy.
I do add however that the tradition is quite Vedic, and as an instance, the
Gargya Padapatha of Samaveda Samhita splits up even words like aham, mam
etc.
We could also recall the discussion on 'satyam' etc., in Chhandogya
Upanishad.

Best,

Vishal



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From: Vidyasankar <vsundaresan at HOTMAIL.COM>

It is an extremely slippery path, to split sounds in this fashion.

Take for example the sh-kAra. In the word "sham" as in "sham no mitrash
sham varuNaH" etc., the sh

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