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The lexis of Proto-Prakritam or Meluhha includes a word for crane in the maritime region of Indian Ocean. The word kokku and cognates occur in all the ancient languages of the region extending from India to Vietnam. The Dong Son bronze drums show a hieroglyph of crane or egret engraved using cire perdue lost-wax casting technique. The rebus readings of Indus Script are a pointer to the interpretation of this hieroglyph of the Bronze Age from the tin belt of the globe.

śyenaciti 'falcon altar' or kankaciti 'heron altar' are variant bird-shaped sacred spaces and structures described in the Śulbasūtras related to Vedic Yajnas. Such structures are also attested in archaeometallurgy. Many sites with such altars are also associated with coin-mints and metalwork [as for example, in Sanghol and sites such as Purola (Uttarakashi) linked with Kunindas in northern Bharatam].

Hieroglyphs of kanka 'heron' on Dong Son bronze drums.

Bird, boat hieroglyphs on Dong Son drums 

An extract from the book


with Commentary by Parameswaran Murthiyedath




Sutra 12 (Kankaciti)



Sutra 12.1 Kankacita etenatma Puccam ca vyakhyatam






(The Kankacita defined here will have a body and a tail)






The Kankacita is known to have the shape of a heron.









Sutra 12.2



sirasi pancopadadhyat 


tasyakrtirvyakhyata 


sirasi pancopadadhya


ttasyakrtirvyakhyata






(the head will be obtained as 5 by definition of its shape)






As per the definition the head will be obtained as 5.






This states that the length of the head along the east west is 5 aratni from the body. With the same words a meaning that the area of the head is 5 sq. aratni could also be derived. Both meanings are true and so meant.









Sutra 12.3



Saptapancasaddaksine paksa upadadhyat


tathottare 


Saptapancasaddaksinepaksa upadadhya


ttathottare






(5 and 7 to south the wing will be obtained next the north)






The wing at south will be obtained as 5 and 7and likewise the north. Again, The wing tips are at a distance of 12aratni’s to south (5+7) and at the same time it means that the area of the wings are 57 sq. aratni.






Sutra 12.4



Vyayamena sapradesna paksayorapanamah pancamabhagiyardhyabhih sat sat patrani kuryat adhyardhavasisyate vyayamena sapradesnapaksayorapanamah pancamabhagiyardhyabhih sat sat patrani kuryat adhyardhavasisyate






(by vyayama measure with the pradesa the wings bent with the pancami and adhyardha six and six wing cuts as stated an adhyardha will be balanced)






Table 1: Area of Kankacit



Sutra 12.7


athestakanam vikarah  pancamabhagiyah savayavah  padestakam caturbhih parigrhniyadardhapradesenadhyardhapradesena







http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2015/05/identity-of-soma-as-apri-divinity-in.html

suparṇá, śyena, patanga, garuḍa गरुडः takes to wings as a metaphor in archaeometallurgy from Hanoi, Vietnam to Haifa, Israe

"The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds from western Eurasia will spend the winter in Africa whilst the birds from Asia, Mongolia and China will spend the winter in the Indian subcontinent. The bird is symbolically significant in the culture of North India, where it is known as thekoonj." (R. K. Gaur, Indian birds, Brijbasi Printers, 1994, ... The smallest member of the crane family, the demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo ) is a distinctive looking bird, with ashy grey ... The local name for this crane — koonj — is onomatopoeic, deriving from the Sanskrit 'kraunch', the origin of the word crane itself ...)

So. koDa(R)/ kol `the long-legged crane'.

Kh. kOlE? `heron, parrot'.

Sa. kereO'd `screamingly (of fowls), to scream'.

Mu. kea'd(H)

  ~ kerea'd(N) `the Roseringed Paroquet (%Palaeornis_torquatus)'.

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S. Kalyanaraman

Sarasvati Research Center

August 30, 2015