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An interesting semantic development is shown by the Dravidian loanword Tamil kuţāram 'tent' (Burrow/Emeneau, A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary. Oxford, 2nd ed. 1984. No. 1881) and Alu-Kurumbaru gú: dagara 'tent; gopuram-like five or seven storied wooden funeral car' (D.B. Kapp, Alu-Kurumbaru Naya" - Die Sprache der Alu-Kurumbas. Grammatik, Texte, Wörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1982. P. 342). See also T. Burrow's Review of this book in BSOAS 47,2 (1984), col. 368 foli. where gú:qagára is connected with pāli kūțâgāra the meaning 'bier' of which Burrow did not know. - I am obliged to Dr. Kapp for this piece of information.
A similar shift of meaning is shown by Prakrit siya (Sanskrit śibika); see J. Charpentier, Die Legende des heiligen Parśva", ZDMG 69 (1915), p. 337.
The custom of placing the dead in representations of men's houses is found also in China as is proved by the bronze coffin used in the Dian culture (5th cent. B.C.) and now in the Museum of the Yunnan Province in Kunming. The Rietberg Museum in Zurich shows it in an exhibition this summer (catalogue
