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Re: Looking for reference material on old Hindu legends.

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 16:36
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 20:20:00 +0100, Steven Williams <feurieaux@...> wrote:
> --- Muke Tever <hotblack@...> skrev: >> If that wasn't a typo, you may be able to find >> better information with the spelling "Vimana". >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana >> >> Don't know of any reliable resources, though dubious >> ones are in no short supply. > > Actually, it was the Wikipedia article that sparked my > interest.
Doh!
> I'm thinking of writing an alternate history, and it'llfeature very heavily such > things as vimanas (vimaanaa?vimaani? what's the Sanskrit plural?) and such.
It's neuter, so... the singular would be "vima:nam" and the plural probably "vima:na:ni". *Muke! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/