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Re: Re : Rama does eat meat
In an article about >Re : Rama does eat meat< Sankar Jayanarayanan
<kartik@Eng.Auburn.EDU> wrote:
>With reference ot Prawien's posting...
uhh..make that Prewien.. I don't like to transform :-)
>> >> >> > >>Even in the Ramayana, Rama is described as eating meat.
>>
>> Maybe you could type-over the untranslated sentence or the word that has
>> been translated by 'meat' ... Because I have this book (I know,
>> I'm searching the whole house right now!) which tells us that some
>> writers translate 'this' word by 'meat' however it means somehting
>> else, or at least in some context...ok, this is all not very detailed,
>> but I'm hoping somebody knows what I'm talking about and give me a hand
>> here!...I don't remember this word right now, nor do I understand a
>> single word Sanskrit..But surely SOMEONE knows what this word is ?!
>Once again, I refer to the Sundara Kanda, the 36th Sarga, 41st Sloka,
hmm...you lost me here...I have no idea what this is & where I should
be able to find it...sorry....But I've written it down :-)
>which starts with, " Na Maamsam Raghava...". The translation of the first
>three words is--
>Na - "NO"
>Maamsam - "MEAT"
>Raghava - Reference to Rama.
>I'm sorry, but I cannot be more explicit as I do not have the Raamaayana
>with me right now.
hmm...ok, so the word would be Maamsam than...Now, I'm gonna clean up my
room to find the book I was talking about...
thnx for posting the info again !
Prewien.
