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Re: I take it all back
by Obie (guest)
4/15/2004, 2:36 PM
in reply to a message by yannis
Well, petra does in fact mean stone, rock, crag. See http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin. I should have kept quiet about VAJRA though. I don't know where I got that from. It may be more likely that the real origin is sanskrit PRASTARA 'stone'...
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Cannot define or translate name "Piedra"  ·  J. P.  ·  4/14/2004, 4:27 PM
•Re: Cannot define or translate name "Piedra"  ·  Giacomo  ·  4/15/2004, 7:39 AM
•To Giacomo:  ·  yannis  ·  4/15/2004, 10:14 AM
•Re: My two cents  ·  Obie  ·  4/15/2004, 11:12 AM
•Re: My two cents  ·  yannis  ·  4/15/2004, 11:42 AM
•Re: I take it all back  ·  Obie  ·  4/15/2004, 2:36 PM
•Thank you!  ·  yannis  ·  4/15/2004, 3:13 PM
•Re: Cannot define or translate name "Piedra"  ·  Sean Foglai  ·  4/14/2004, 7:55 PM
•Re: Cannot define or translate name "Piedra"  ·  Pedro  ·  8/20/2004, 2:45 PM