Cognates of Tibetan rans-pa ('entire, complete') with Guttural Stem Initial

Cognates of Tibetan rans-pa ('entire, complete') with Guttural Stem Initial

In his contribution to Studia Serica Bernhard Kartgren dedicata the scholar to whom this short article is dedicated as a small token of admiration and friendship, has directed our attention to certain alternations between the initials of a number of obviously cognate words, such as hdrul-ba 'to become putrid, rot', pf. rul or drul, cp. rul-ba ,to rot, get rotten', hdral-ba 'to tear to pieces, rend', pf. ral or dral, cp. ral 'rent, cleft', and others, thereby supporting the etymological relationship suggested by him getween rin 'long' and ancient Tibetan hdriṅ as occurring in the phrase glo-ba hdriṅ (which, in accordance with other Tibetan scholars, he defines as 'disloyal').