Kailos Alboregs! ... "A Vedic Grammar for Students" by Arthur A. MacDonell , in Chapter VI, no.185 says, (speaking of the Vedic language) :"The two...
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Aelfric and Ursula
albareiks
Dec 7, 2004 3:14 am
Kailos Seghopritus! ... I agree, it would be nice if he had backed up his claim. Thanks for digging out the Sanskrit info. It makes sense to me. Take care. ...
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Mark DeFillo
ategnatos
Dec 7, 2004 6:12 am
Greetings to all! I've been thinking more about the issue of the meaning of "wiros" and variants in the formula. Among other things, I've recalled that, at...
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Ken Pfrenger
cinaet
Dec 8, 2004 2:54 pm
... Yes it does help, thanks. My copy of Watkins book is 1st ed from 1985. Must have made some changes over the years:) As for lonking *wiro- with slave...I...
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Uellaunios
vellaunos
Dec 9, 2004 12:02 am
... copy of ... wrong ... the entry ... my copy. He ... description of ... 1985. ... He ... have a ... to ... For what it's worth, my impression is that...
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Mark DeFillo
ategnatos
Dec 9, 2004 5:42 am
... I don't think it should be ruled out, but it should certainly not be considered the only meaning of the phrase. Watkins' four quotes (in the note to peku-)...
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Ken Pfrenger
cinaet
Dec 25, 2004 5:24 pm
Howdie folks...happy holidays to all, To take the original topic and give it a twist.....Can this fomula be used for asking for protection for other things.......
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 26, 2004 10:46 pm
In a message dated 12/25/2004 12:24:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I would think so, except that *koryos would have to be in the accusative, *Koryom. Ceisiwr...
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Ken Pfrenger
cinaet
Dec 29, 2004 10:09 am
Thanks Ceisiwr, It would be interesting to see some other forms that would be used as a protection prayer such as 'protect home and family' etc......perhaps ...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 29, 2004 10:39 pm
In a message dated 12/29/2004 5:12:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Great idea. What do people see as useful phrases to have translations for? Ceisiwr Serith ...
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Laura Mollett
lcmollett
Dec 29, 2004 11:07 pm
something like "God bless" or "Good health" would be nice and also something that's appropriate if someone is in ill health or has passed on....
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Uellaunios
vellaunos
Dec 29, 2004 11:53 pm
... something ... This reminds me: as I read some of the RgVeda at the www.sacred- texts.com site recently, I came upon the phrase "Preserve us evermore, Ye...
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bromiosking
Dec 30, 2004 5:06 am
Hello. I'd like to get people's reaction to the following as a new translation to Rig Veda 1.1. Hymn to Agni. 1. I praise the Sun which was put first, The...
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Uellaunios
vellaunos
Dec 30, 2004 5:20 am
... hymns. ... transliterated) ... hymns, ... I decided to have another look, and wouldn't you know it, I found it... The sacred-texts.com vedic-language...
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Mark DeFillo
ategnatos
Dec 30, 2004 5:37 am
... "Good health", or "Hail!", can be "Swesti!", which is reflected in the Sanskrit greeting, parting or blessing "Swasti!". Similarly, some Gauls have taken...
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Ken Pfrenger
cinaet
Dec 30, 2004 6:55 am
... Can you tell us anymore cognates of Swesti? The sanskrit is clear....is the Gaulish suessi attested to or is it reconstructed? I always feel more...
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Richard
vellaunos
Dec 30, 2004 7:17 am
Although Belenios may well add to this, I wanted to mention that Belenios and I started using suessi in the Samanis Gallica group a few months ago after I...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 30, 2004 5:38 pm
In a message dated 12/30/2004 12:07:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Why have you replaced "Agni" with "Sun?" Ceisiwr Serith [Non-text portions of this message...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 30, 2004 6:38 pm
In a message dated 12/30/2004 12:38:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... What PIE root are you using? I'm not finding any in my sources that would be, I assume,...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 30, 2004 7:31 pm
A while back some of us (I don't know if it was on this list or not) translated some greetings and farewells that might be useful. I don't know which ones...
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Aelfric and Ursula
albhoregs1
Dec 30, 2004 8:36 pm
Hi Ceisiwr, ... Why not use the Optative, which experesses a desire? It uses the Athematic Secondary endings, which would give us: Weles! [sing.] Welte! [pl.]...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 30, 2004 9:05 pm
In a message dated 12/30/2004 3:38:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Quite right; I somehow got mixed up between the desiderative aspects of the optative and...
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Mark DeFillo
ategnatos
Dec 30, 2004 9:21 pm
... My apologies for not giving the details. I have seen this word discussed so much over so much time that I think of it as common knowledge, at least among...
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Todd Garvin
todgar
Dec 30, 2004 11:53 pm
In many Romani dialects, the word 'sastipen' ('sasti-' from Skr. 'svasti' and '-pen' from Skr. '-tvan'), meaning 'health', is used as a greeting in a similar ...
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bromiosking
Dec 31, 2004 2:15 am
... It seems to me that Agni is fire of many types. Heavenly fire is one and I believe that this hymn is dedicated to Agni in this aspect. ie, Heavenly fire,...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 31, 2004 4:48 am
In a message dated 12/30/2004 9:16:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... But even if the deity the hymn is addressed to is the sun (I don't think it is), the poet...
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Ken Pfrenger
cinaet
Dec 31, 2004 1:19 pm
Thanks for sharing these....A while back on the S&S forum I think you had mentioned "Deiwo:s toi eso" for Gods with you...now I see that leave out the 'eso'...
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Ken Pfrenger
cinaet
Dec 31, 2004 1:26 pm
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:07:35 -0500, Laura Mollett ... I think it would be useful to be able to say a simple thank you..singular and plural. * Welte!( I like...
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Julianus
julianus_93
Dec 31, 2004 4:42 pm
93 ... And it's a pretty convoluted theology at that. Looks like a classic example of someone beating his material into a pre-concieved hole regardless of the...
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CeiSerith@...
ceisiwrserith
Dec 31, 2004 4:54 pm
In a message dated 12/31/2004 8:21:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I don't know. "To be" as a copula isn't necessary, but that's not what it's doing here....
