<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->i have been all over north india but no one calls it shivA or ramA or bhimA.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->No one you met was pronouncing their names the way they are pronounced in Sanskrit then (and we were talking about Sanskrit, the language from which these names originate). Most people in North India (and other parts of India today) don't speak Sanskrit. It's Ram, Bhim, and probably Shiv in Hindi and most/all(?) other N languages.
But it <i>is</i> nevertheless Shiva, Rama, Bhima <i>in Sanskrit</i>.
Just 'cause no one you know realises the world is spherical, doesn't make it flat now does it?
So you're wrong again.
You can't tell that the names and words end on an 'a' sound if you read the Ramayana, and other Sanskrit works in the Devanagiri script thinking it's written in Hindi. In Sanskrit, unless the virama symbol is appended to silence the automatic 'a' sound, all regular consonants that don't have a vowel attached already end with an 'a' sound. I'm sorry you find it hard to wrap your brain around this, but it's the rules of the language.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>some</b> scholars <b>imagine</b> they had something to do with 'Dravidians' -> Dravid Druid<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dravid</b> is a <b>Sanskrit</b> regional designation<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->The second line is my own statement. The first indicates someone else's views - look at who the subject of that first part of the sentence was.
Every sane person knows Druid comes from Dru and vid, meaning very knowledgeable. But I'm glad to know that in this respect at least you've caught up with the rest of the world. Try to keep up with the rest of it too, now, won't ya:
- http://entheogen.netfirms.com/wiccan/wicca...t_is_wicca.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The word wicca was originally the <b>Old English</b> word meaning "a male
witch"; "a female witch" was a wicce<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(alternatively, Google: Wicca "Old English")
That makes you wrong, Ben. It's not Celtic.
- http://www.mythicalireland.com/mythology...ance2.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b><i>Eire</i> - variant of <i>Eriu</i></b>, one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she was one of three daughters of the Dagda who <b>gave her name to Ireland</b> (27) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(It's a woman who gave her name to Ireland, not a man - I must have mixed up some Celtic mythologies. What's a bookworm to do?)
Back to the point: where's the Arya here? Oh. That's right. Only in your imagination.
What's that? You're wrong again? It doesn't seem to be your week, now does it.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->of all european languages, lithuanian DOES have the most in common with sanskrit.
iranians ....went west with their own version of the veds, later forming zoroastrianism<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Where are their copies of the Vedas? No Vedas. Not Vedic.
<i>Benny-logic:</i> "French has a lot of words in common with Latin. All the French must be Romans!"
Nice try, but it doesn't work that way.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->hanuman and other monkeys were characters based on tribals/vanars<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Prove it.
- I've proven that the descriptions in the Sanskrit text don't match with those of the particular Indians (or any other Indians) you speak of.
- You've proven that you don't understand or know much of anything.
You've also admitted that you've not read the material in question.
The <i>Benny-method</i>: you assume you're better than everyone else; then you read things your way and <i>imagine</i> supporting evidence; and even where all the material directly contradicts you, you blind yourself to it and adamantly refuse to see things any other way.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->the Rg Ved<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I have never heard of the Rg Ved. Is that a book you're working on? Make sure you clearly state it's fiction. The same kind you've exposed me to on this thread.
"All characters are fictional. Any similarities ... are completely unintentional."
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->much as you imagine that aryavarta extended right up to <b>sri lanka</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->You can't read. Who said Aryavarta included Sri Lanka? Is this the same level of comprehension you show when you read textbooks?
Now, who's full of it? Check the mirror Benny boy. Too dense and spineless? You said it. But about yourself. Don't go crying now, 'cause you can't take the labels you gave me.
So what's the score Ben? Ouch. Not looking pretty.
I'll let it go. Just this one time.
But it <i>is</i> nevertheless Shiva, Rama, Bhima <i>in Sanskrit</i>.
Just 'cause no one you know realises the world is spherical, doesn't make it flat now does it?
So you're wrong again.
You can't tell that the names and words end on an 'a' sound if you read the Ramayana, and other Sanskrit works in the Devanagiri script thinking it's written in Hindi. In Sanskrit, unless the virama symbol is appended to silence the automatic 'a' sound, all regular consonants that don't have a vowel attached already end with an 'a' sound. I'm sorry you find it hard to wrap your brain around this, but it's the rules of the language.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>some</b> scholars <b>imagine</b> they had something to do with 'Dravidians' -> Dravid Druid<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dravid</b> is a <b>Sanskrit</b> regional designation<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->The second line is my own statement. The first indicates someone else's views - look at who the subject of that first part of the sentence was.
Every sane person knows Druid comes from Dru and vid, meaning very knowledgeable. But I'm glad to know that in this respect at least you've caught up with the rest of the world. Try to keep up with the rest of it too, now, won't ya:
- http://entheogen.netfirms.com/wiccan/wicca...t_is_wicca.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The word wicca was originally the <b>Old English</b> word meaning "a male
witch"; "a female witch" was a wicce<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(alternatively, Google: Wicca "Old English")
That makes you wrong, Ben. It's not Celtic.
- http://www.mythicalireland.com/mythology...ance2.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b><i>Eire</i> - variant of <i>Eriu</i></b>, one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she was one of three daughters of the Dagda who <b>gave her name to Ireland</b> (27) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(It's a woman who gave her name to Ireland, not a man - I must have mixed up some Celtic mythologies. What's a bookworm to do?)
Back to the point: where's the Arya here? Oh. That's right. Only in your imagination.
What's that? You're wrong again? It doesn't seem to be your week, now does it.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->of all european languages, lithuanian DOES have the most in common with sanskrit.
iranians ....went west with their own version of the veds, later forming zoroastrianism<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Where are their copies of the Vedas? No Vedas. Not Vedic.
<i>Benny-logic:</i> "French has a lot of words in common with Latin. All the French must be Romans!"
Nice try, but it doesn't work that way.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->hanuman and other monkeys were characters based on tribals/vanars<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Prove it.
- I've proven that the descriptions in the Sanskrit text don't match with those of the particular Indians (or any other Indians) you speak of.
- You've proven that you don't understand or know much of anything.
You've also admitted that you've not read the material in question.
The <i>Benny-method</i>: you assume you're better than everyone else; then you read things your way and <i>imagine</i> supporting evidence; and even where all the material directly contradicts you, you blind yourself to it and adamantly refuse to see things any other way.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->the Rg Ved<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I have never heard of the Rg Ved. Is that a book you're working on? Make sure you clearly state it's fiction. The same kind you've exposed me to on this thread.
"All characters are fictional. Any similarities ... are completely unintentional."
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->much as you imagine that aryavarta extended right up to <b>sri lanka</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->You can't read. Who said Aryavarta included Sri Lanka? Is this the same level of comprehension you show when you read textbooks?
Now, who's full of it? Check the mirror Benny boy. Too dense and spineless? You said it. But about yourself. Don't go crying now, 'cause you can't take the labels you gave me.
So what's the score Ben? Ouch. Not looking pretty.
I'll let it go. Just this one time.