Vedic asū́rta-, sū́rta-, asūryá-, asūrá-

Abstract

In this paper I try to show that Vedic asūrta- is an extended exocentric compound based on svar/sūr 'sun', that it is not a negative formation with the possessive suffix -ta , and that sūrta- is a decompositional formation. I propose that Ved. asūrya-, too , is an exocentric compound. Further, I propose that Ved. asūre is an absence formation of the type arajjau 'without rope' .