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Sanskrit, which is universally and erroneously believed to be the
carliest living member of the Aryan family of languages, is really a composite
semi-artificial literary dialect of which, two - fifths
are West and Mid-West Aryan,two-fifths Dravidian, and the remaining one-fifth,
new creation.
The Tamil loan-words in Sanskrit have been generally distorted and
disguised in many ways as follows:-
(1) Change of Letters:
e.g. mukam-mukha (face)
madi-mru (to die)
mƒdam-mƒsa
(month)
kƒy-kƒs)
(to shine)
nƒ‰i-nƒdi
(measure)
Some
words derivated from the same etymon have the root-consonant altered in
Sanskrit.
| e.g. |
etymon |
Tamil |
Sanskrit |
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pagu |
pakkam
pƒgam
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paksa
bhƒga |
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ša——u |
ša——am(frame)
šadam
šadalam,
šadaram
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jada (body, lifeless matter)
šar…ram
(body) |
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Addition
of Letters and Affixes
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| e.g. |
Tamil |
Sanskrit |
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kƒyam |
ƒkƒs)a
(sky) |
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tƒmarai |
tƒmarasa
(red lotus) |
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p‡di |
vibh‡ti
(sacred ashes) |
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mƒnam |
anumƒna,
upamƒna, samƒna,
šammƒna,
pramƒna, parimƒna
etc. |
Many
altered Tamil words have a ‘ra’ or ‘ru’ inserted after
the devocalized initial vowel-consonant.
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