07-04-2008, 04:40 PM
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The other possibility is that sata and sala are alternating or equivalent words from two languages with an dental and retroflex medial, popularly denoting an equine. Sâta from Sapti (Kalkipurana gives Saptavahana) and Sâla from a tribal word for an equine (for instance sadom in Munda). This may support the Rasabha or Gardabhilla connection of the Jaina sources, or Gandharvasena the Donkey of Sanskrit sources.
The other possibility is that sata and sala are alternating or equivalent words from two languages with an dental and retroflex medial, popularly denoting an equine. Sâta from Sapti (Kalkipurana gives Saptavahana) and Sâla from a tribal word for an equine (for instance sadom in Munda). This may support the Rasabha or Gardabhilla connection of the Jaina sources, or Gandharvasena the Donkey of Sanskrit sources.