Dear Jim,
I have a brief critique of the sukta hypothesis in "Protestant
Presuppositions and the Study of the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition,"
JIABS 42 (2019), 464n24.
Nathan McGovern
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
On 5/10/2021 2:21 PM, Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY 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
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