'Unicorn' and sea-faring vis'vakarma merchants of Meluhha

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See http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/meluhhadilmunmagan1.pdf Sea-

faring merchants of vis'vakarma artisan guilds: Meluhha, Dilmun,

Magan as regions involved in minerals, metals

 

All occurrences of glyphs by themselves or in ligature or

combinations, can be consistently decoded in the context of life-

activities of vis'vakarma artisan guilds of the civilization. In

summary, the rebus of some Sarasvati hieroglyphs are:

 

tamba `copper' (Gujarati); tamra id. (Sanskrit); damra `heifer'

(Gujarati)

kod `horn' (Kuwi); kod `artisan's workshop' (Gujarati)

 

sangada `lathe, gimlet' (Gujarati); sangada `jointed animals'

(Marathi); sangada `furnace' (Gujarati)

 

khan:ghar, ghan:ghar, ghan:ghar gon:ghor `full of holes' (Santali);

rebus: kan:gar `portable furnace' (K.)

 

homa `bison' (Pengo) hom `gold' (Kannada); soma `electrum' (Vedic)

ranga `bufallo' (Santali); ranga `tin' (Santali)

mlekh `antelope'(Br.); milakku `copper' (Pali)

 

ibha = elephant (Sanskrit); ib = two (Kannada); rebus: ib = iron

(Santali)

 

tebr.a, tebor. = thrice (Santali); rebus: ta(m)bra = copper (Pkt.);

tibira = copper merchant (Akkadian)

 

kang `rhinoceros' (Gujarati); kangar `portable-furnace' (Kashmiri)

 

naga `serpent' (Sanskrit); naga `lead' (Sanskrit)

adar dangra `brahmani bull' (Santali); aduru `unsmelted metal'

(Kannada) thakkura `blacksmith' (Bihari)

kudur dokke `lizard' (Konda); kuduru `portable gold furnace' (Telugu)

satthiya `svastika glyph' (Punjabi); satta, sattva zinc' (Kannada);

jasta id. (Hindi)

era_ `claws'; era `copper'

kanda kanka `rim of a short-necked jar' (Santali); kand `furnace,

altar' (Santali); kan `copper' (Tamil); kanaka `gold' (Sanskrit)

 

bata `rimless pot' (Kannada); bata `kiln, furnace' (Gujarati)

kuti `tree' (Telugu); kuti `water carrier' (Telugu); kuti `kiln,

furnace' (Santali)

 

The monograph to decode the 'unicorn' and other animal glyphs is

presented in three parts:

 

Heifer as a Sarasvati hieroglyph

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/unicorn1.pdf

Animals as Sarasvati hieroglyphs

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/animals1.pdf

Standard and dotted circles as Sarasvati hieroglyphs

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/standard1.pdf

Heifer occurs together with other animals and also in front of

standard with dotted circles. Hence, the decoding of a heifer

hieroglyph has to be consistent with such grouped depictions, either

as ligatures creating 'composite animals' or as animals shown in

procession clusters. See also

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/homonym1.doc decoding the two

heads of 'one-horned heifer' and nine ficus leaves.

 

Kalyanaraman