History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.239
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.239
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¹⁵⁸ Vide 'Bhāratakaumudī' (in honour of Prof R K Mukerji) part I p. 208 for this etymology put forward by Dr. S K Chatterji Such etymologies are based on certain assumptions for which there is absolutely no evidence whatever, such as the word 'Vel' being used by the Dravidians thousands of years ago, that the vedic Indians were aware of both words 'Sīn' (moon) and 'Vel' used by different peoples and could weld them together thousands of years ago and had no word of their own to denote what is meant by Sinīvālī.