Rajan vs Raja

John Watkins · 16 Apr 2009, 22:51 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: john.watkins04 at gmail.com (John Watkins)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:51:33 -0400
Subject: (urth) Rajan vs Raja
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Yes, it's possible that this subtlety escaped Wolfe.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:42 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I don't want you to back down,
>> I just don't remember a single instance of Raja
>> in the books.  Seems like if it was a valid conjugate,
>> it would appear at least once.
>>
>
> I don't mind backing down about stuff I don't care much about. In Sanskrit
> "Raja" is the nominative tense. Just because I'm technically accurate
> doesn't mean I'm *textually* accurate. I didn't imagine it would make a
> difference to anyone but me.
>
>
> J.
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