08:0008:00, 26 August 2020diffhist−136
Murdeshwar
→Etymology and Chronicles: Why call the gods by a new name in each sentence? It's seriously confusing for people not familiar with Hindu mythology and make it appear as if they are all different characters.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
04:4204:42, 4 August 2020diffhist−10
Varaha
→Etymology and other names: 1. The Sanskrit word is from the Indo Iranian term, not the other way round. 2. Modern linguistic etymology (from Proto-Indo-Iranian) ought to be mentioned before the native grammarians' hypothesis 3. *warāȷ́ʰá is how the wiki writes this word, in terms of orthography. This notational convention is followed by Wiktionary and also by the wikipedia article for "Proto-Indo-Iranian".Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
04:0904:09, 4 August 2020diffhist+255
Sanskrit
Better elucidated the point in citation; this is also how we treat "Sanskrit" at English Wiktionary. Dictionarians and scholars like Woolner and Turner also use the broader definition.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
08:0008:00, 26 August 2020diffhist−136
Murdeshwar
→Etymology and Chronicles: Why call the gods by a new name in each sentence? It's seriously confusing for people not familiar with Hindu mythology and make it appear as if they are all different characters.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
04:4204:42, 4 August 2020diffhist−10
Varaha
→Etymology and other names: 1. The Sanskrit word is from the Indo Iranian term, not the other way round. 2. Modern linguistic etymology (from Proto-Indo-Iranian) ought to be mentioned before the native grammarians' hypothesis 3. *warāȷ́ʰá is how the wiki writes this word, in terms of orthography. This notational convention is followed by Wiktionary and also by the wikipedia article for "Proto-Indo-Iranian".Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
04:0904:09, 4 August 2020diffhist+255
Sanskrit
Better elucidated the point in citation; this is also how we treat "Sanskrit" at English Wiktionary. Dictionarians and scholars like Woolner and Turner also use the broader definition.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit