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Re: REQUEST : Samskrit Words
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Subject: Re: REQUEST : Samskrit Words
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From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@braincells.com>
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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 17:25:16 GMT
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Apparently-To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Consolidated Braincells Inc.
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References: <ghenDxoKI1.4JB@netcom.com>
> ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari) wrote in article
<ghenDxoKI1.4JB@netcom.com>...
> I have thought over this for quite some time. But I have
> not arrived at some definite answers. Perhaps, some netters
> can throw some light on this.
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> In Hindu and pan-Hindu terminologies, I saw a lot of words,
> which are amazingly close from the point of pronunciation,
> but almost opposite in their meaning. I will highlight some
> of these words:
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> Vishnu (the preserver) and vish (poison)
> Shiva (the mrityunjaya) and shava (the corpse)
> Bramha/Bramhan (the knower) and bhrama (confusion)
> Veda (knowledge, which releases bondage)
> and vedana (pain/bondage)
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> I have a lot more examples. But the point is:
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> Is all this just coincidental, or is there an
> underlying message.
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Coincidence. Gramatically these words are no more related than would and
wood are in English.
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