Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 I would like to thank Dr.Paul Kekai Manansala to bring to our attention the name "Sangi-ngi(-ga)" in place of commonly used name Sumerians.I would like to thank Dr.Ganesan for giving me the reference of Dr.Loganathan. In articles published by some writers from India, efforts were made to connect the name Sumerian to the name "Sumeru" (which is wrong) based upon phonetic similitude without going to the root of the corrupted labels. I am now quoting from the book, "Semitic amd Hamitic Origins" by G.A, Barton. "The name of Girsu, the principle borough of Lagash, is in the early texts, sometimes written as SU-GIR-----. SU-GIR, as was long ago pointed out can also be read "SUN-GIR", a name which is almost identical with Singara, a place in upper Mesopotemia founded by a later wave of this same Asiatic people. The writer has long held that Sumer, the name by which southern Babylonia was afterwards called, is corruption of this name."(end of quote). Now Shingara was also used for the mountain range called Zagros. Perhaps Indo-Iranian scholars could enlighten us with the origin of the name Zagros. Some writers from India have connected the label"Assyrian" to "Asuras" (which is wrong) based again on the superficial phonetic similitude.I believe there must be either a semivowel or a consonant before "A of the word Assyrian" which is either lost or left over for some reason. I request scholars to illuminate us on the name Assyrians like PKM did in case of Sumerians. Another error in connecting Medes (Medo-Persian Empire) to Madra. Here Prof.Witzel could help us in identifying the earlier name version of " Mada". I am surprised to see that the most preliminary information about these corrupted names has not percolated to the history books of India. Thanks. N.R.Joshi. ______________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2001 Report Share Posted June 9, 2001 Dr. Joshi, I remember reading Dr. Loga's article that Kumari = Sumeru. Few years ago, in Tamil I think. If you ask Loganathan, he will possibly give his essay on Kumari-Sumeru connexion in English. Regards, N. Ganesan INDOLOGY, Narayan R Joshi <giravani@J...> wrote: > I would like to thank Dr.Paul Kekai Manansala to bring to our attention > the name > "Sangi-ngi(-ga)" in place of commonly used name Sumerians.I would like > to thank Dr.Ganesan for giving me the reference of Dr.Loganathan. In > articles published by some writers from India, efforts were made to > connect the name Sumerian to the name "Sumeru" (which is wrong) based > upon phonetic similitude without going to the root of the corrupted > labels. > I am now quoting from the book, "Semitic amd Hamitic Origins" by G.A, > Barton. > "The name of Girsu, the principle borough of Lagash, is in the early > texts, sometimes written as SU-GIR-----. SU-GIR, as was long ago pointed > out can also be read "SUN-GIR", a name which is almost identical with > Singara, a place in upper Mesopotemia founded by a later wave of this > same Asiatic people. The writer has long held that Sumer, the name by > which southern Babylonia was afterwards called, is corruption of this > name."(end of quote). Now Shingara was also used for the mountain range > called Zagros. Perhaps Indo-Iranian scholars could enlighten us with the > origin of the name Zagros. > Some writers from India have connected the label"Assyrian" to "Asuras" > (which is wrong) based again on the superficial phonetic similitude.I > believe there must be either a semivowel or a consonant before "A of the > word Assyrian" which is either lost or left over for some reason. I > request scholars to illuminate us on the name Assyrians like PKM did in > case of Sumerians. > Another error in connecting Medes (Medo-Persian Empire) to Madra. Here > Prof.Witzel could help us in identifying the earlier name version of " > Mada". > I am surprised to see that the most preliminary information about these > corrupted names has not percolated to the history books of India. Thanks. > N.R.Joshi. > > ______________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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