meaning of the word "SUNJI"

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Request for Question Clarification by journalist-ga on 29 Jun 2003 15:22 PDT

Greetings Njc:

I located a Dravidian term "sunji"

"sundu to lie down, repose, sleep, lie with /Kannad.a; sunj- to sleep,
lie down /Gondi; sunz- (-it-) id./Kond.a; sunja (sunji-) to sleep; n.
sleep /Kui [sk]"
From http://member.melbpc.org.au/~tmajlath/japan1.html

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I found this reference at a Korean site
http://www.dashn.com/english/korea_baduk/koreabaduk_01_01.htm:

"...suggests this as the reason for the invention of Baduk, because
there is a phrase "Yojo-wigi, Danju-sunji" meaning that King Yo
invented Baduk to improve Danju's intellect, circa BC 2300."

From the process of elimination, you can see that "sunji" probably
means "intellect."

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Did you see the word or hear it?  

Best regards,
    journalist-ga

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Clarification of Question by njc-ga on 29 Jun 2003 16:14 PDT

When I was in India, there is a celebration related to SUNJI: a
mytholgoy God - also from China: it is center power - foreseer -

I have heard the name in nordic culture refered, similar to the above.

Nick