06-01-2007, 07:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2007, 08:37 PM by Hauma Hamiddha.)
Just to pitch into all the great discussion:
saMsad: saM- together (e.g saMgaMa) sad- to sit/seat/sat (coming from the same PIE root as sit/sat in english, setz in German).
hence samsad- to sit together
saM-gaMa- to go together
The term is used in the veda itself in term of the assembly of the rAjanya, the court of the kuru-pA~nchala or the maithila-s etc.
In the Rig the kANva-s mention that in their region there were 7 saMsad-s or gaNa rAjya that were aided by indra after performing a soma yAga. In other place the kANva-s mention how indra helped in scattering the saMsad of the dasyu-s.
Or as sAdhu-saMsadaM- assembly of good.
There was the saMsadAyana where Arya-s had a debate on intricacies of shrauta performance.
So it is a good natural choice by Savarkar.
saMsad: saM- together (e.g saMgaMa) sad- to sit/seat/sat (coming from the same PIE root as sit/sat in english, setz in German).
hence samsad- to sit together
saM-gaMa- to go together
The term is used in the veda itself in term of the assembly of the rAjanya, the court of the kuru-pA~nchala or the maithila-s etc.
In the Rig the kANva-s mention that in their region there were 7 saMsad-s or gaNa rAjya that were aided by indra after performing a soma yAga. In other place the kANva-s mention how indra helped in scattering the saMsad of the dasyu-s.
Or as sAdhu-saMsadaM- assembly of good.
There was the saMsadAyana where Arya-s had a debate on intricacies of shrauta performance.
So it is a good natural choice by Savarkar.