01-28-2007, 01:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2007, 01:41 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
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Digvijay, Aranya means forest, that is why Rama's time in the forest is called Aranya Khanda, it may have 2 diff meanings but as far I know it only means forest, any Sanskrit experts here who can answer this?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In India, Hindu religion has no concept of conversion. One has to be a born Hindu. (Though of late as a reaction to conversion of tribals by missionaries some Hindu groups have concocted a recipe to make a person Hindu!)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not true, conversion has a long history, Shivaji reconverted Netaji Palkar and Balaji Nimbalkar, Swami Vidyaranya reconverted both Harihar and Bukka who founded the Vijayanagara kingdom, the Devala Smriti has precise instructions on reconverting those who want to come back, the Ahom's arrived late into Asom but were slowly Hinduised under the influence of preachers like Sankara Deva, so conversion has a long history but was not widely used until the 19th century.
Digvijay, Aranya means forest, that is why Rama's time in the forest is called Aranya Khanda, it may have 2 diff meanings but as far I know it only means forest, any Sanskrit experts here who can answer this?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In India, Hindu religion has no concept of conversion. One has to be a born Hindu. (Though of late as a reaction to conversion of tribals by missionaries some Hindu groups have concocted a recipe to make a person Hindu!)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not true, conversion has a long history, Shivaji reconverted Netaji Palkar and Balaji Nimbalkar, Swami Vidyaranya reconverted both Harihar and Bukka who founded the Vijayanagara kingdom, the Devala Smriti has precise instructions on reconverting those who want to come back, the Ahom's arrived late into Asom but were slowly Hinduised under the influence of preachers like Sankara Deva, so conversion has a long history but was not widely used until the 19th century.