And with a light heart he immediately begins to etymologise with Homer, calling Lithuanian or Ecclesiastical Slavonic, or, above all, the sacred Sanskrit, to his assistance: as if Greek lessons were merely the excuse for a general introduction to the study of languages, and as if Homer were lacking in only one respect, namely, not being written in pre-Indogermanic. From Wordnik.com. [On the Future of our Educational Institutions] Reference
For we may etymologise the word/S/ûdra by dividing it into its parts, either as 'he rushed into grief (/S/u/k/am abhidudrâva) or as' grief rushed on him, 'or as' he in his grief rushed to Raikva; 'while on the other hand it is impossible to accept the word in its ordinary conventional sense. From Wordnik.com. [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference
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