Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 http://menic.utexas.edu/asnic/subject/peoplesandlanguages.html The number of Dravidisms -- in all aspects of the language including phonology -- increased in the post-Rigvedic era please comment kishore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 VFA-family, vedicinst@a... wrote: REPLY FROM DR DAVID FRAWLEY/VAMADEV SHASTRI > The number of Dravidisms -- in all aspects of the language including > phonology -- increased in the post-Rigvedic era > There is no record of an Dravidian languages before the early centuries BCE. Whatever are so-called Dravidisms in the the Vedic language are speculative reconstructions of modern linguists, who often are not adept in Dravidian languages themselves and have little sense of the mantric power of Vedic Sanskrit. The oldest and most central of the Dravidian rishis and founder of Tamil grammar is Agastya, who also has 25 hymns in the Rig Veda and appears as the older brother of Vasishta, the greatest Vedic rishi. Even the oldest Dravidian Sangam literature mentions Krishna and speaks of Dravidian kings as descendants of the Yadus. Dravida in Indian parlance is a regional term for people in South India. It does not designate any seperate racial or religious group. So what exactly is meant by Dravidism is a matter of doubt. Vamadeva --- End forwarded me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Namaste, I absolutely agree with Shri Vamadeva. There is no such special race called Dravidians. It is the play of Max Mueller. Please ignore that we are dravidians. Entire Bharata Varsha is called as "Aryavartam". vediculture, "vrnparker" <vrnparker> wrote: > VFA-family, vedicinst@a... wrote: > REPLY FROM DR DAVID FRAWLEY/VAMADEV SHASTRI > > > > The number of Dravidisms -- in all aspects of the language including > > phonology -- increased in the post-Rigvedic era > > > > There is no record of an Dravidian languages before the early > centuries BCE. > Whatever are so-called Dravidisms in the the Vedic language are > speculative > reconstructions of modern linguists, who often are not adept in > Dravidian > languages themselves and have little sense of the mantric power of > Vedic Sanskrit. > > The oldest and most central of the Dravidian rishis and founder of > Tamil > grammar is Agastya, who also has 25 hymns in the Rig Veda and appears > as the older > brother of Vasishta, the greatest Vedic rishi. > > Even the oldest Dravidian Sangam literature mentions Krishna and > speaks of > Dravidian kings as descendants of the Yadus. Dravida in Indian > parlance is a > regional term for people in South India. It does not designate any > seperate > racial or religious group. So what exactly is meant by Dravidism is a > matter of > doubt. > > Vamadeva > --- End forwarded me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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