Dear Jim, See Max Walleser's 1914 book, footnote on p. 4:
https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.87981/page/4/mode/2up K. R. Norman and Gombrich accepted this suggestion. I suppose Pollock got it from Gombrich. Andrew On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 2:22 PM Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Sheldon Pollock in *The Language of the Gods in the World of Men *(p. 52) > suggests that the Buddhist term “sutta” does not derive from the Sanskrit > *sūtra,* but rather from *sūkta. *Sanskrit double consonant clusters do > show regular assimilation, regressively and progressively, in Prakrit, > where two different consonants become a double of one of them. I’m > interested in hearing learned opinion on Pollock’s suggestion. I had not > noticed this interesting detail, when I first read this book some years ago. > > James Ryan > Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus) > California Institute of Integral Studies > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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