sinIvAlI - a RV goddess

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Monier-Williams entry:

sinIvAlI

Meaning

f. (of doubtful derivation) N. of a goddess (in RV. described

as broadhipped , fair-armed , fair-fingered , presiding over

fecundity and easy birth , and invoked with Sarasvati1 , Ra1ka1

&c. ; in AV. she is called the wife of Vishn2u ; in later Vedic

texts she is the presiding deity of the first day of new moon ,

as Ra1ka1 of the actual day of full moon) , the first day of

new moon when it rises with a scarcely visible crescent RV.

&c. &c. ; N. of a daughter of An3giras MBh. ; of the wife of

Dha1tr2i and mother of Dars3a BhP. ; of Durga1 L. ; of a river Ma1rkP.

 

In classical Tamil sangam texts, cinai, pronounced as sinai,

is "pregnancy, branch, to appear, to form". sinai-iDli

is idli given pregnant women. On various animals getting

pregnant called as sinai (cin2ai in Tamil orthography))

http://www.services.cnrs.fr/wws/arc/ctamil/2002-09/msg00072.html

http://www.services.cnrs.fr/wws/arc/ctamil/2002-09/msg00051.html

 

In CT texts, one way dalit persons are called is "izi-cin2an",

izicin2an2 'low born' is replaced as 'izi piRappALan2' in CT,

and this makes us wonder if cin2ai/cin2am 'pregnant, branch, birth'

is involved in calling "izicinar".

http://www.services.cnrs.fr/wws/arc/ctamil/2002-09/msg00046.html

http://www.services.cnrs.fr/wws/arc/ctamil/2002-09/msg00067.html

(Or else, izicin2an2 = izi+icin2+an2 (Cf. uTaRRicin2ar, munticin2ar

in PatiRRuppattu)).

 

Is the RV goddess, sinivali connected with Dravidian languages'

sinai (to become pregnant, to form, a branch)?

 

Thanks for ref.s or textual discussion,

N. Ganesan