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Re: THE KALIYUG
In a previous article, dasanu@interaccess.com (Dasanudas Adhikari) says:
> Dear Dr. Jai Maharaj,
>
> You have written:
>
>> In article <dasanu.34.0256736B@interaccess.com>,
>> dasanu@interaccess.com (Dasanudas Adhikari) claimed:
>>> We have currently passed through about 5,000 years of Kali-yuga.
>>> Before that there was Dvarapa-yuga (800,000 years), and before
>>> that was Treta-yuga (1,200,000 years). . . .
>
>> The numbers mentioned above are at substantial variance
>> with Vedic and Hindu knowledge.
>
> The point in that post was that Vaisnavism and Vedas are of divine
> origin and have been around immeasurably longer than 'Hinduism,' which
> is of human origin and recent invention. Not only that, the very term
> 'Hindu' was invented by the sworn enemies of the Vedic culture.
You continue to surround Hindu and Hinduism with quote marks. Tell us,
is it your knowledge of English grammar or your personal prejudices that
compels you to commit the deed? Also when it is convenient to do so, you
attempt to criticize something on the grounds of your claim of it being
"recent," while you yourself advertise and market an organization which
is of extremely modern and Western incorporation -- the ISKCON. I do not
believe any person on the net is incapable of seeing through this.
Once again, it is a pleasure to post the facts about the origin of the
word HINDU:
The word is *not* foreign in origin as is claimed above. Here is an
exposition for all to read:
"HINDU" DOES NOT COME FROM "SINDHU"
How many times have you explained that the name of your religion is
a concoction invented by the Persians who called the people who lived
beyond the SIndhu Reiver "Hindus," mispronouncing the "S?
Recant.
A. Krishna Kumar of Hyderabad, India, explains. "This [Sindhu/Hindu]
view is untenable since Indians at that time enviably ranked highest in
the world in terms of civilization and wealth would not have been without
a name. They were not the unknown aborigines waiting to be discovered,
identified and Christened by foreigners."
He cites a more solid argument from the book Self-Government in
India by N. B. Pavgee, published in 1912. The author tells of an old
Swami and Sanskrit scholar Mangal Nathji, who found an ancient Puran
known as Brihannaradi in the Sham village, Hoshiarpur, Punjab. It
contained the verse:
HIMALAYAM SAMARABHYA YAVAT BINDUSAROVARAM
HINDUSTHANAMITI QYATAM HI ANTARAKSHARAYOGATAH
Kumar translates it as:
"The country lying between the Himalayan mountain and Bindu
Sarovara (Cape Comorin sea) is known as Hindusthan by combination of the
first letter `hi' of `Himalaya' and the last compound letter `ndu' of the
word `Bindu.'"
SOURCE: Hinduism Today, April 1992.
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