06-03-2006, 10:17 AM
>>Also the reason Thai Brahmanas look like thais is because the first settlers did not take any women with them, so they must have married with native women.>>
South India transformation is more along the lines of Tibet and China where the sanskritic <i>knowledge </i>was imported mainly by "researchers" residing in N India. only occassionally punctuated by north indian groups/individual teachers migrating. We also have the evidence of Sanskrit Tamil common origins, which should now transform the moribund paradigm of one-way diffusion. see the new article by david frawley and also the compilation work of v. keerthy kumar on the -datanumeric dravidian- site
wikipedia:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Hou Hanshu describes the enquiry about Buddhism made around 70 CE by the emperor Emperor Ming (58-75 CE):
"There is a current tradition that Emperor Ming dreamed that he saw a tall golden man the top of whose head was glowing. He questioned his group of advisors and one of them said: âIn the West there is a god called Buddha. His body is sixteen chi high (3.7 metres or 12 feet), and is the colour of true gold.â The Emperor, to discover the true doctrine, sent an envoy to Tianzhu (Northwestern India) to inquire about the Buddhaâs doctrine, after which paintings and statues [of the Buddha] appeared in the Middle Kingdom." (Hou Hanshu, trans. John Hill)
This encounter is further described in a 6th century CE account by Yang Xuanzhi:
"The establishment of the BáimÇ-Sì (White Horse Temple (ç½é¦¬å¯º)) by Emperor Ming (58-75 CE) of the Han marked the introduction of Buddhism into China. The temple was located on the south side of the Imperial Drive, three leagues (li) outside the Xiyang Gate. The Emperor dreamt of the golden man sixteen Chinese feet tall, with the aureole of sun and moon radiating from his head and his neck. A "golden god", he was known as Buddha. The emperor dispatched envoys to the Western Regions ("é£ä½¿å西åæ±ä¹") in search of the god, and, as a result, acquired Buddhist scriptures and images. At the time, because the scriptures were carried into China on the backs of white horses, White Horse was adopted as the name of the temple." (Translation: Ulrich Theobald). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
we can only imagine what karunanidhi would do with these passages that speak of the golden god from the western regions....
South India transformation is more along the lines of Tibet and China where the sanskritic <i>knowledge </i>was imported mainly by "researchers" residing in N India. only occassionally punctuated by north indian groups/individual teachers migrating. We also have the evidence of Sanskrit Tamil common origins, which should now transform the moribund paradigm of one-way diffusion. see the new article by david frawley and also the compilation work of v. keerthy kumar on the -datanumeric dravidian- site
wikipedia:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Hou Hanshu describes the enquiry about Buddhism made around 70 CE by the emperor Emperor Ming (58-75 CE):
"There is a current tradition that Emperor Ming dreamed that he saw a tall golden man the top of whose head was glowing. He questioned his group of advisors and one of them said: âIn the West there is a god called Buddha. His body is sixteen chi high (3.7 metres or 12 feet), and is the colour of true gold.â The Emperor, to discover the true doctrine, sent an envoy to Tianzhu (Northwestern India) to inquire about the Buddhaâs doctrine, after which paintings and statues [of the Buddha] appeared in the Middle Kingdom." (Hou Hanshu, trans. John Hill)
This encounter is further described in a 6th century CE account by Yang Xuanzhi:
"The establishment of the BáimÇ-Sì (White Horse Temple (ç½é¦¬å¯º)) by Emperor Ming (58-75 CE) of the Han marked the introduction of Buddhism into China. The temple was located on the south side of the Imperial Drive, three leagues (li) outside the Xiyang Gate. The Emperor dreamt of the golden man sixteen Chinese feet tall, with the aureole of sun and moon radiating from his head and his neck. A "golden god", he was known as Buddha. The emperor dispatched envoys to the Western Regions ("é£ä½¿å西åæ±ä¹") in search of the god, and, as a result, acquired Buddhist scriptures and images. At the time, because the scriptures were carried into China on the backs of white horses, White Horse was adopted as the name of the temple." (Translation: Ulrich Theobald). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
we can only imagine what karunanidhi would do with these passages that speak of the golden god from the western regions....