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Re: Pranam
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Pranam
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From: "P. Dwivedi" <pdwivedi@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
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Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:16:58 -0500
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From news@nexus.uiowa.edu Thu Jul 13 11: 07:05 1995
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In-Reply-To: <3tuj7b$7cv@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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References: <3tuj7b$7cv@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
"Pranam" is a salutation-with-respect to you elders.
On 11 Jul 1995, Rick Hallowell wrote:
: My wife is taking a comparative religions class and one of her reading
: assignments is _Kalki_ by Gore Vidal using Hinduism as a basis. One
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: the words used several times in the book is *pranam* as on p. 168,
: "Then he made the pranam sign and sat cross-legged..." Our western
: dictionaries have no reference to this word. Can you help us?
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: TIA
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: Rick Hallowell@ridgecrest.ca.us
