Piilu: Harappan Elephant-Word's Voyage to Mesopotamia and its Dravidian root
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Indus researcher, Ms. Bahata Anshumali Mukhpadhyay, is delivering the Dr. Gift Siromoney Lecture at Roja Muthiah Research Library, Madras on 20/9/2021 (Monday). I plan to attend.
The author's central thesis of the Indus word for elephant, piilu being present in Mesopotamia is essentially correct. It is like Drav. "eLLu" ( < neLLu) for sesame seeds. However, I think the Dravidian word, "pal" (=teeth, connected with paHtu '10', paHRi 'pig' and then, pAl 'white, milk' is quite different from "piilu" elephant. "piilu" involves l/r alternation as in niir/niila and so many other word-pairs in Dravidian (Cf. piraan, piirkku, ... Also, on the Islamic saint's title, Piir - this word is from Sind province of Pakistan.) See Walter Fairservis' book on Indus Civilization, but Walter does not tell how this word, Piir, is derived. Ultimately, Yoga terms iDa 'left', piGkalA (< pii(r) 'yellow') due to the color of the elephant tusks ...
Ansumali Mukhopadhyay, B. Ancestral Dravidian languages in Indus Civilization: ultraconserved Dravidian tooth-word reveals deep linguistic ancestry and supports genetics. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 8, 193 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00868-wHer 2019 paper,
Ansumali Mukhopadhyay, B. Interrogating Indus inscriptions to unravel their mechanisms of meaning conveyance. Palgrave Commun 5, 73 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0274-1I have to send her my 4 papers on Indus-Dravidian connections.
Dr. N. Ganesan
Houston, TX, USA
Divine Couple in Ancient Indian Astronomy from Binjor to Adichanallur: Makara Viṭaṅkar & Kolli/Koṟṟavai
1. Ancient Indian Astronomy: Binjor Seal, Early Harappan Period (3000 – 2600 BCE)
http://nganesan.blogspot.com/2021/02/divine-couple-binjor-amulet-to.html