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Demonstration of Indus Script Inscriptions as wealth-accounting ledgers, + most-frequently used combination of field symbols, kõda'young bull' rebus: kunda'treasure' + standard device, sãgaṛh kammaṭa'mint fortification'
Over 1500 monographs posted at https://dcpune.academia.edu/SrinivasanKalyanaraman provide rebus Meluhha decipherment of Indus Script inscriptions as wealth-accounting ledgers, metalwork catalogues.
Surprising evidence validating these decipherments comes from the most frequently used field symbol of the Indus Script Corpora.
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The most frequently used field symbol is a combination of the following hypertexts:
Hypertext 1: lathe + portable furnace + dotted circles on the pot of the furnace
Hypertext 2: young bull + one horn + pannier + rings on neck
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Ka. kunda a pillar of bricks, etc. Tu. kunda pillar, post. Te. kunda id. Malt. kunda block, log. ? Cf. Ta. kantu pillar, post (DEDR 1723) ![]()
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Pictographs of clump, cluster, husk (haystack) kuntam குந்தம்3 kuntam , n. perh. kuñja. Hay-stack; வைக்கோற்படப்பு . Loc.
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குந்தன் kuntaṉ , n. < Kunda. 1. Viṣṇu; திருமால். வல்வினைமாய்ந்தறச்செய் குந்தன்றன்னை (திவ். திருவாய் . 7, 9, 7). 2. Holy person; தூயதன்மை யுடையவன். வண்டீங் கவிசெய்குந்தன் (திவ். திரு வாய் . 7, 9, 7).
Demonstration of Indus Script Inscriptions as wealth-accounting ledgers, + most-frequently used combination of field symbols, kõda'young bull' rebus: kunda'treasure' + standard device, sãgaṛh kammaṭa'mint fortification'
Over 1500 monographs posted at https://dcpune.academia.edu/SrinivasanKalyanaraman provide rebus Meluhha decipherment of Indus Script inscriptions as wealth-accounting ledgers, metalwork catalogues.
Surprising evidence validating these decipherments comes from the most frequently used field symbol of the Indus Script Corpora.
The most frequently used field symbol is a combination of the following hypertexts:
Hypertext 1: lathe + portable furnace + dotted circles on the pot of the furnace
Hypertext 2: young bull + one horn + pannier + rings on neck
Hypertext 1 is sãgaṛh kammaṭa'mint (in) fortification' Standard device, the most frequent field-symbol on Indus Script Corpora signifies mint in fortification https://tinyurl.com/y9j2cwtq kunda1 m. ʻ a turner's lathe ʼ lex. [Cf. *cunda -- 1 ] N. kũdnu ʻ to shape smoothly, smoothe, carve, hew ʼ, kũduwā ʻ smoothly shaped ʼ; A. kund ʻ lathe ʼ, kundiba ʻ to turn and smooth in a lathe ʼ, kundowā ʻ smoothed and rounded ʼ; B. kũd ʻ lathe ʼ, kũdā, kõdā ʻ to turn in a lathe ʼ; Or. kū˘nda ʻ lathe ʼ, kũdibā, kū̃d˚ ʻ to turn ʼ (→ Drav. Kur. kū̃d ʻ lathe ʼ); Bi. kund ʻ brassfounder's lathe ʼ; H. kunnā ʻ to shape on a lathe ʼ, kuniyā m. ʻ turner ʼ, kunwā m. kundakara -- .(CDIAL 3295) kundakara m. ʻ turner ʼ W. [Cf. *cundakāra -- : kunda -- 1 , kará -- 1 ]
A. kundār, B. kũdār, ˚ri, Or. kundāru; H. kũderā m. ʻ one who works a lathe, one who scrapes ʼ, ˚rī f., kũdernā ʻ to scrape, plane, round on a lathe ʼ.(CDIAL 3297)
Hypertext 2 is kõda 'young bull' rebus:konda ‘furnace’, kõdā 'turner' kundaṇa'fine gold'. khōṇḍā 'cowl or hood' (pannier); koṭiyum = a wooden circle (ring) put round the neck of an animal; koṭ = neck (Gujarati) rebus: koḍ = place where artisans work (Gujarati)
| कुन्द one of कुबेर's nine nidhi or treasures [N. of a गुह्यक (Demetrius Galanos's Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes )] According to Amarakośa, the nine nidhis are:
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When considered as mines, minerals, earthenware and ocean resources, the nine treasures of Kubera are interpreted as:
- mahapadma (lake double the size of padma in Himalaya with minerals and jewels)
- padma (lake in Himalaya with minerals and jewels)
- śankha (conch shell)
- makara (synonym of Padmini, black antimony)
- kachhapa (tortoise or turtle shell)
- kumud (cinnabar, or quicksilver)
- kunda (arsenic)
- nīla (antimony)
- kharva (cups or vessels baked in fire); karb'iron'.
The suprise is in the sevent nidhi which is called kunda. This is a rebus reading kõda'young bull' rebus: kunda'treasure, wealth'.
Thus, the field symbol with the two hypertexts (lathe + portable furnace; young bull+ one horn+ pannier) signify sangar kammaṭa kunda 'mint fortification treasure'.
The soldiers who accompany the treasure into the treasury are signified by the sãghāṛɔ 'lathe' of standard device: Such armoured guards are called jangadiyo 'military guard carrying treasure into the treasury'. jangad 'entrusted for approval'. See: sãgaṛh'fortification', koṭṭa 'fortified settlement', koṭiya ʻsailing vessel' signified on Indus Script inscriptions http://tinyurl.com/zpojmat
Ka. kunda a pillar of bricks, etc. Tu. kunda pillar, post. Te. kunda id. Malt. kunda block, log. ? Cf. Ta. kantu pillar, post (DEDR 1723) 
Pictographs of clump, cluster, husk (haystack) kuntam 
kuṇḍa3 n. ʻ clump ʼ e.g. darbha -- kuṇḍa -- Pāṇ. [← Drav. (Tam. koṇṭai ʻ tuft of hair ʼ, Kan. goṇḍe ʻ cluster ʼ, &c.) T. Burrow BSOAS xii 374]Pk. kuṁḍa -- n. ʻ heap of crushed sugarcane stalks ʼ; WPah. bhal. kunnū m. ʻ large heap of a mown crop ʼ; N. kunyũ ʻ large heap of grain or straw ʼ, baṛ -- kũṛo ʻ cluster of berries ʼ.
*kuṇḍaka ʻ husks, bran ʼ.Pa. kuṇḍaka -- m. ʻ red powder of rice husks ʼ; Pk. kuṁḍaga -- m. ʻ chaff ʼ; N. kũṛo ʻ boiled grain given as fodder to buffaloes ʼ, kunāuro ʻ husk of lentils ʼ (for ending cf. kusāuro ʻ chaff of mustard ʼ); B. kũṛā ʻ rice dust ʼ; Or. kuṇḍā ʻ rice bran ʼ; M. kũḍā, kõ˚ m. ʻ bran ʼ; Si. kuḍu ʻ powder of paddy &c. ʼAddenda: kuṇḍaka -- in cmpd. kaṇa -- kuṇḍaka -- Arthaś.(CDIAL 3266, 3267)