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

Abstract

In this paper I try to show that Vedic asū́rta- is an extended exocentric compound based on svàr/sū́r 'sun', that it is not a negative formation with the "possessive" suffix -ta, and that sū́rta- is a decompositional formation.

I propose  that Ved. asūryá-, too , is an exocentric compound. Further, I propose that Ved. asūré is an "absence" formation of the type arajjáu 'without rope'.