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Re: Ganesha drinking milk
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Subject: Re: Ganesha drinking milk
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From: venkatr@govonca.gov.on.ca
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Date: 3 Oct 1995 06:18:56 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 322 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Government of Ontario
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References: <441e59$fd0@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <44cd9g$sb9@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
>venkatr@govonca.gov.on.ca wrote:
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>: Thathasthu. (Amen)
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>Dear Sri Venkataraman:
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>I was curious about the use of Amen as the equivalent of TathAstu, that
>might be translated as; "so be it" or "as God pleases", but Amen is
>witness(ing). Perhaps, in a liberal sense, the two words could be used
>interchangeably.
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>Regards,
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>Dhruba.
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Amen is used interchangeably for 'thathasthu' meaning let it be so. No other
meaning intended.
Venkataraman
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