Telugu words found in Hebrew literature

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*Telugu words found in Hebrew literature *

 

W. Chandrakanth

 

*Date:04/06/2007* *URL:

http://www.thehindu.com/2007/06/04/stories/2007060414170100.htm*

 

*A 1794 BC stone tablet established that the Sumerian-Assyrian culture had

its roots in Andhra Pradesh *

 

 

CHENNAI: In a path-breaking revelation, a young research scholar of Potti

Sriramulu Telugu University has come out with recorded evidence linking

Telugus and Israelis on the basis of Telugu words found in Hebrew

literature.

 

The disclosure was made by Samyuktha Koonaiah in her presentation at a

seminar on `Telugu History and Culture' on the concluding day of the

three-day All India Telugu Conference here on Sunday. She quoted epigraphic

evidence traced from Bahrain in support of her argument.

 

Ms. Samyuktha, who is doing her research on `Andhra Pradesh - The missing

link - Tilmun language and Telugu', said a 1794 BC stone tablet established

that the Sumerian-Assyrian culture had its roots in Andhra Pradesh.

 

Interesting revelations

 

In fact, an article titled `The Seafaring Merchants of Ur' published in the

American Oriental Society in1954 by A. L. Oppenheim contains several Telugu

words to prove that Abraham migrated from the `land of darkness', the

`Andhaka Desa' as the Andhra region was known in the past, she said.

 

Research findings suggest that `Barbar' or `Barbaras', a native tribe living

in the south of the Vindhyas was a common name in Assyrian culture. An

earliest instance of calling children `Bullutu' was similar to that of the

Telugu usage Bulli, Bullodu etc, she said. Another `provincial spelling' in

Telmun literature and references to Sumero-Akkadian vocabularies contain

this sentence `ni imta ha-is' similar to that of `nee intiki vachchi' (come

to my home).

 

Letter on tablet

 

A stone tablet also contained a letter from a seafarer to a local trader

demanding to know why he did not sell a particular commodity at a price

agreed upon and why it was not weighed properly too.

 

Old Babylonian legal documents which were unearthed by archaeologists

contain evidence of this letter belonging to one member of the Guild of

Dilmun, Ea-Nasir. One of its lines when pronounced in Telugu becomes " ayya

adhi annakimmani, tusi (tuchi) immani, maaki antundhi " (something to the

effect `I have asked you to give it to my brother after weighing'. It was a

deal about copper ingots.

 

Telling proof

 

Quoting several such examples Ms. Samyuktha said there was sufficient proof

to link those Sumerian cultures with the Telugus. Hebrew, Sumerian and

Assyrian records abound in such descriptions and suggest that the present

Israelis belonged to Andhra Pradesh.

 

Ms. Samyuktha argues that Kamakur village in Balayapalli mandal of Nellore

district still has 21 Jewish families. Only they are not even aware that

they are Jews. She is one among them and her first name Kooniah could be

found in Hebrew as Koni, she says.

 

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