RESEARCH ON KORKU LANGUAGE OF MELGHAT -DESCOVERY OF SANSKRIT WORD

KORKU is the language spoken by korku tribes of MELGHAT.In korku language,SPIRIT(liquor ie rum, whiskey etc.) is refered as "SIDDU" .This word is derived from SANSKRIT Word "SIDHU" which also means spirit(liquour).Blogger has descovered this fact accidently.Once I was going through the Aurvedic medicinal masterpiece "CHARAK SAMHITA" Adhyaya no. 25-YAJJYA PURUSHIYA ADHYAYA of SUTRA STHANA.This chapter is concerned with the types of spirits,methods for producing these spirits.According to CHARAKA SAMHITA spirit can be classified into seven types, viz-1)ARISHTHA 2)ASAWA 3) SURA 4) WARUNI 5)DHANYAMLA (ie produced from food grains like wheat, jawar etc 6)SHUKTA 7) SIDHU. Incidently last type ie SIDHU is being used in KORKU language.Also it is intersting to know the fact that older generation of KORKU tribes still uses the word SIDHU ie the exact SANSKRIT word.But the younger generation uses the word SIDDU. Also another word used by KORKU tribes is SIDHA means food grains, flour etc., which resembles with the SANSKRIT word SHIDHA which means food.