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Field symbols relate semantically to signs in all 9412 inscriptions of Corpora
Srini Kalyanaraman
--śaṅgaḍam, Tu. jaṅgala 'double-canoe' jangaḍiyo ചങ്ങാതം caṅṅātam cǎṇṇāδam 'double-canoe, military guard -'-Cargo of sal 'splinter' rebus sal 'workshop'; समासः samāsaḥ 'brevity' key of Indus Script signified by Sign 99 Samāsokti (समासोक्ति):—[from sam-āsa > sam-as] f. concise speech (a figure of speech by which the proceedings of any object spoken of are indicated by describing the similar action or attributes of another object), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti iv, 3, 3.] Brevity is the soul of wit comes from the play Hamlet, written by English poet William Shakespeare around 1603. Polonius says it in act 2, scene 2. ସମାସ କରିବା— Samāsa karibā [synonym(s): সমাস করা समास करना] ଦେ. କ୍ରି— ଭିନ୍ନ ଭିନ୍ନ ପଦକୁ ଏକତ୍ର କରି ସମସ୍ତ ପଦରେ ପରିଣତ କରିବା—To amalgamate many words into one compound word. (Oriya)
Demo on how a goldsmith merchant guild is portrayed in visual language
Srini Kalyanaraman
-- of Indus Script rebus cipher Meluhha expressions -- Adorant on K-49, seated on a tree-branch, appears on Signs 45, 46, M-442, M-488c, M-1186 The adorant பத்தர்² pattar ’adorant’, < T. battuḍu. A caste title of goldsmiths + meḍho 'a ram, a sheep' (G.)(CDIAL 10310) rebus: medho ‘merchant’
Interpretation is not decipherment
Srini Kalyanaraman
-- This monograph demonstrates that the functional classes of graphemes of Indus Script relate to wealth creation activities of artisans and seafaring Meluhha merchants. -- This is a tribute to Steve Bonta who has spent decades of devotion to unravel the functional classes in Indus Script graphology. --Decipherment is reading inscriptions in the full linguistic sense of a word; word which is ‘meaningful’ in the language of the Harappan speaker which is meluhha aka mleccha (Ancient Indian tradition designating ungrammatical or pronunciation variant words in speech) -- Conjectural “M[etrological]” sign fields; are ‘stroke numerals’ numbers? I submit with Alan Ross that these stroke graphemes are NOT metrological, but number words; e.g. ‘one stroke’ is koda ‘one’ rebus: kod ‘workshop’; ‘two strokes’ dula ‘two’ rebus: dul ‘metalcasting’; ‘three strokes’ kolom ‘three’ rebus: kolimi ‘smithy, forge’ -- tiger-lady, beasts of burden zebu, ass, buffalo, ox, and elephant graphemes are signifiers of ‘meaning’; signified are rebus hom*onyms (similar sounding words) -- graphemes as they relate to one another; e.g. high-frequency pairs of graphemes, high-frequency occurrence of Sign 342 in the entire Corpora -- Graphology – Functional classes of graphemes -- syntax, ‘sensu lato’; Indus Script Corpora are lists of hypertext Meluhha expressions, i.e. vākyapadīya ‘mode of expression with words’
Wealth resource functional categories in village of artisans --Animal graphemes of Indus Script
Srini Kalyanaraman
kārua wild crocodile or alligator (Telugu) Rebus: khar 'blacksmith' (Kashmiri); kāru 'artisan' (Marathi). ibha 'elephant' rebus: ib 'iron' karabha 'camel' (CDIAL 2737) rebus: karba 'iron' H. arnā m.,°nī f. 'wild buffalo' (CDIAL 598) rebus: WPah.kṭg. n/arəṇ, n/arṇi f. 'furnace, smithy' (CDIAL 252) singhin 'spiny, forward-thrusting horn' rebus: singi 'ornament gold' खोंड khōṇḍa 'young bull' rebus: कोंड kōṇḍa 'circular guild-hamlet' + kundan 'fine gold' kōndaṇa 'gem-setting' ranku 'antelope' rebus: ranku 'tin ore' ayo 'fish' rebus: aya 'iron' ayas 'alloy metal' mẽṛhā 'bullock next the post', Mth. (SETirhut) mẽṛhā 'id.';M. meḍ(h), meḍhī f., meḍhā m. 'post, forked stake'.(CDIAL 10317) rebus: meḍhā 'yajna, dhanam' (Naigh. ii, 10) barad, balad 'bison, ox' rebus: baran, bharat ' 'mixed alloys' (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) (Punjabi) miṇḍāl markhor (Tor.wali) meḍho a ram, a sheep (G.)(CDIAL 10120) rebus: merhet, med 'iron' (Santali.Mu.Ho.) māksika 'bees' rebus: māksika 'pyrites' kul 'tiger' (Santali); kōlu id. (Telugu) kōlupuli = Bengal tiger (Te.) कोल्हा [ kōlhā ] कोल्हें [kōlhēṃ] A jackal (Marathi) Rebus: kol, kolhe, 'the koles, iron smelters speaking a language akin to that of Santals' (Santali) kol 'working in iron' (Tamil) kōla1 m. ʻ name of a degraded tribe ʼ Hariv. Pk. kōla-m.; B. kol ʻ name of a Muṇḍā tribe ʼ.(CDIAL 3532
Signs 162 169 unique conjuncts resulting in hypertexts of Indus Script Corpora
Srinivasan Kalyanaraman
--A variant of Sign 169 perhaps also of Sign 162 seen on Lothal Text 7072 (L-97 seal) creates six hypertext sign compositionsConjunct is a unique cipher of Indus Script visual language writing system. A conjunct which looks like a kolmo 'rice plant' rebus kolimi 'smithy, forge' gets semantically amplified as a metalcasting smithy-forge by adding this conjunct to three linear strokes kolom 'three' rebus kolimi 'smithy-forge'(specifically realise Meluhha expression dul kolimi metalcasting smithy-forge) http://tinyurl.com/59stmnk8’
Trade cargo manifests glossary Meanings in Indus Script Visual Language on seals tablets pottery copper plate
Srini Kalyanaraman
Field symbol: sāṅgaḍa 'joines animals' rebus: sāṅgaḍa 'Maritime canoe-float'; jangada 'double-canoe' Composed ofbarad, balad 'ox' Rebus: baran 'mixed alloys' (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) bharata bharata 'metal alloy' (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) खोंड [ khōṇḍa ] m A young bull, a bullcalf. Rebus: कोंद kōnda 'engraver, lapidary setting or infixing gems' (Marathi) खोदगिरी [ khōdagirī ] f Sculpture, carving, engraving + singhin 'forward-thrusting, spiny-horned' rebus: singin 'ornament gold' mlekh 'goat' rebus: milakkhu 'copper' Trade cargo manifest of double-canoe from circular hamlet of Mauja, village Allograph. kōṇḍa 'circular hamlet of Mauja, village' (Marathi)
Short-tail conjunct of Indus Script Corpora Meluhha barter trade glossary
Srini Kalyanaraman
-- Short-tail conjunct may be a variant of Sign 169 ‘sprout’ grapheme -- Signifies qoli ‘tail’ rebus: kol ‘working in iron’, kole.l ’smithy, forge, temple’ (Kota) + Sign 169. kor̤u ‘sprout’, kora ‘bud’ rebus: kor̤u ‘bar of metal’ Short-tail ligature as hieroglyph:The ligature of 'short-tail' with three short linear strokes, is demonstrated on the following hieroglyphs/hypertexts; these examples demonstrate that the short-tail ligature signifies work in a smithy/forge: khara ’equus hemionus’ rebus: khār 'blacksmith’+ kole.l 'smithy, forge' kole.l 'temple’ + kol ‘working in iron’ Vikalpa. kor̤u ‘sprout’, kora ‘bud’ rebus: kor̤u ‘bar of metal’ kōla m. 'name of a degraded tribe' Hariv.Pk. kōla- m.; B. kol 'name of a Muṇḍā tribe’(CDIAL 3532) deśī देशी—(EI 11), a guild of local merchants. This is also the name of Prakrit words which are neither Sanskrit (tat-sama) nor derived from Sanskrit (tad-bhava).
M-1718 Seal with Sign 397 पोतदार pōtadāra ‘silversmith’ as ‘standard device’
Srini Kalyanaraman
--Sign 292 kutila ‘bronze’ + khanda ‘equipment’ + dul sal ‘casting workshop’
Meluhha word चाळा cāḷā ’interlocked bodies’ cāli ’interlocked’.
Srini Kalyanaraman
चाळा cāḷā from Molesworth's "A dictionary, Marathi and English" ’A form of mortising, or of intersertion or interlocking of bodies or of parts’ --This is a tribute to the gallery of nine tigers of India in folk art presented by @Sudarshanshaw93 -- I submit that the veneration of kul ‘tiger’ dates back to Indus Script Corpora M-295A interlocked bodies of tigers which signifies śālika (IL) village of artisans kul ‘tiger’ rebus: kol ‘working in iron’
Srini Kalyanaraman
-- tryambak 'three copper minerals’ -- metalwork guild, mint, stamped coin -- kamaṭha 'penance' rebus: कामठा kāmaṭhā ‘workshop’ -- Sign 38, Sign 229, Sign 233
