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"vivaswat" heeft op zaterdag, 4 Sep 2004 om 07:23 uur het volgende

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> Just a small thought:

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> Could "Kautilya" be a derivative of "kutila" (kannada (approximate)

> meaning manipulation, other languages not known) ?

 

Interesting idea! Yes, kuTila is a Sanskrit word, also used in Kannada:

but not a noun meaning 'manipulation', but an adjective meaning

'crooked, bent' or 'insincere, fraudulent', making the derivative noun

kauTilya mean 'crookedness' or 'fraudulence' (like Kannada 'konku').

 

If we assume that this is the meaning of the name, it makes one wonder,

though, whether this really is a *name* or a nickname, perhaps given by

readers in some later generation. (Would anyone name his / her son

that?)

 

RZ

 

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

Universität München

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In the drama Mudrarakshsam this word has been as below:

 

kautilyah kutyilamatih sa esha yena

krodhaagnau prasabhamadaahi nandvamsah.

 

kutilamatih = crooked mind.

 

But this derivation is disouted by many scholars.

 

PKR

 

Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos2001 wrote:

"vivaswat" heeft op zaterdag, 4 Sep 2004 om 07:23 uur het volgende

geschreven:

 

> Just a small thought:

>

> Could "Kautilya" be a derivative of "kutila" (kannada (approximate)

> meaning manipulation, other languages not known) ?

 

Interesting idea! Yes, kuTila is a Sanskrit word, also used in Kannada:

but not a noun meaning 'manipulation', but an adjective meaning

'crooked, bent' or 'insincere, fraudulent', making the derivative noun

kauTilya mean 'crookedness' or 'fraudulence' (like Kannada 'konku').

 

If we assume that this is the meaning of the name, it makes one wonder,

though, whether this really is a *name* or a nickname, perhaps given by

readers in some later generation. (Would anyone name his / her son

that?)

 

RZ

 

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Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

Universität München

 

 

 

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You are right. If it is not a gotra, being ascribed to Rsi Kutila/Ashtavakra,

then it must be a psedonym that might have been given later- in line with his

famous ugly looks.

 

The name Kautilya has been mentioned in KA itself and if the name is given by

later generations, then the text itself (as we read it now) must have been

written at a later date.

 

kishore

 

Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos2001 wrote:

"vivaswat" heeft op zaterdag, 4 Sep 2004 om 07:23 uur het volgende

geschreven:

 

> Just a small thought:

>

> Could "Kautilya" be a derivative of "kutila" (kannada (approximate)

> meaning manipulation, other languages not known) ?

 

Interesting idea! Yes, kuTila is a Sanskrit word, also used in Kannada:

but not a noun meaning 'manipulation', but an adjective meaning

'crooked, bent' or 'insincere, fraudulent', making the derivative noun

kauTilya mean 'crookedness' or 'fraudulence' (like Kannada 'konku').

 

If we assume that this is the meaning of the name, it makes one wonder,

though, whether this really is a *name* or a nickname, perhaps given by

readers in some later generation. (Would anyone name his / her son

that?)

 

RZ

 

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Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

Universität München

 

 

 

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Agreed, it does mean the same things in Kannada as well, although, I have

not seen it used in the context of crooked/bent (in Kannada). But

'insincere, fraudulent' seems to be consistent. Manipulation/manipulator was

the closest I could think of on the spur of the moment related to the

subject/man. Hence I had said 'approximate meaning'.

 

Thanks

Ravindra

 

>Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos2001

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>Re: [Y-Indology] The names cANakya and Kautilya

>Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:48:51 +0200

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>"vivaswat" heeft op zaterdag, 4 Sep 2004 om 07:23 uur het volgende

>geschreven:

>

> > Just a small thought:

> >

> > Could "Kautilya" be a derivative of "kutila" (kannada (approximate)

> > meaning manipulation, other languages not known) ?

>

>Interesting idea! Yes, kuTila is a Sanskrit word, also used in Kannada:

>but not a noun meaning 'manipulation', but an adjective meaning

>'crooked, bent' or 'insincere, fraudulent', making the derivative noun

>kauTilya mean 'crookedness' or 'fraudulence' (like Kannada 'konku').

>

>If we assume that this is the meaning of the name, it makes one wonder,

>though, whether this really is a *name* or a nickname, perhaps given by

>readers in some later generation. (Would anyone name his / her son

>that?)

>

>RZ

>

>Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

>Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

>Universität München

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There is another little thing:

 

Kannada also has a word "chANAksha" literal meaning 'very clever'. This word

itself is traditionally traced to Chanakya himself. 'The man was so clever

that he left his mark on the word for cleverness', it is often said.

 

Could the word 'kuTila' be the same as well? This then gives rise to the

age-old chicken or egg story - word from the man or man from the word?

 

If not, does 'chANAksha' or it's root in some form have a similar meaning in

sanskrit as well?

 

Or are the origin of the two words distinct, one from the man, one for the

man?

 

Thanks

Ravindra

 

 

>Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos2001

>INDOLOGY

>INDOLOGY

>Re: [Y-Indology] The names cANakya and Kautilya

>Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:48:51 +0200

>

>"vivaswat" heeft op zaterdag, 4 Sep 2004 om 07:23 uur het volgende

>geschreven:

>

> > Just a small thought:

> >

> > Could "Kautilya" be a derivative of "kutila" (kannada (approximate)

> > meaning manipulation, other languages not known) ?

>

>Interesting idea! Yes, kuTila is a Sanskrit word, also used in Kannada:

>but not a noun meaning 'manipulation', but an adjective meaning

>'crooked, bent' or 'insincere, fraudulent', making the derivative noun

>kauTilya mean 'crookedness' or 'fraudulence' (like Kannada 'konku').

>

>If we assume that this is the meaning of the name, it makes one wonder,

>though, whether this really is a *name* or a nickname, perhaps given by

>readers in some later generation. (Would anyone name his / her son

>that?)

>

>RZ

>

>Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

>Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

>Universität München

>

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But as LS pointed out, it might just be a back characterisation.

 

kishore

 

INDOLOGY, peekayar <peekayar> wrote:

> In the drama Mudrarakshsam this word has been as below:

>

> kautilyah kutyilamatih sa esha yena

> krodhaagnau prasabhamadaahi nandvamsah.

>

> kutilamatih = crooked mind.

>

> But this derivation is disouted by many scholars.

>

> PKR

>

> Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos2001> wrote:

> "vivaswat" heeft op zaterdag, 4 Sep 2004 om 07:23 uur het volgende

> geschreven:

>

> > Just a small thought:

> >

> > Could "Kautilya" be a derivative of "kutila" (kannada

(approximate)

> > meaning manipulation, other languages not known) ?

>

> Interesting idea! Yes, kuTila is a Sanskrit word, also used in

Kannada:

> but not a noun meaning 'manipulation', but an adjective meaning

> 'crooked, bent' or 'insincere, fraudulent', making the derivative

noun

> kauTilya mean 'crookedness' or 'fraudulence' (like Kannada 'konku').

>

> If we assume that this is the meaning of the name, it makes one

wonder,

> though, whether this really is a *name* or a nickname, perhaps

given by

> readers in some later generation. (Would anyone name his / her son

> that?)

>

> RZ

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