• "Vedic Mathematics" --- Myth and Reality

    From Arindam Banerjee@21:1/5 to Great Parayan on Thu Mar 12 01:12:38 2020
    On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 12:55:54 AM UTC+11, Great Parayan wrote:
    adda1234@bigpond.com (Arindam Banerjee) wrote in message news:<890e65ea.0312111455.666bc636@posting.google.com>...

    mhopkins@cc.edu (Lydia Marie) wrote in message news:<825b6629.0312101212.2cf10d91@posting.google.com>...

    adda1234@bigpond.com (Arindam Banerjee) wrote:
    No, that is wrong. The Indian philosophical thought - Sanatana
    dharma, or the way of life beyond the scope of time - is completely different from the modern and dominant Jewish thinking [...]

    This frame of mind, of course, serves to lend additional credence
    to the otherwise unbelievable notion that the Swastika actually originated in India.

    The sign of the swastika relates to good health and well being, from
    the Indian perspective.

    This only a brahmin perspective. This might be true for brahmins who constitue
    less than 5% of Indian population. We, Dalits (constitute more than
    20% of Indian popualtion) have no relation to swastika. I do not know
    its relation
    to Indian Muslims, Indian Christians, Indian Sikhs, Indian Buddhists
    etc.
    Interestingly brahmins are fire worshippers. Fire is unavidable for
    their rituals. In contrast, Dalits do not give importance to fire like Muslims and Chrstians, and Dalits do not have fire as essential thing
    for their religious and spritual rituals and duties.

    Please note, Mr Arindam Banerjee. You write about your religion, do
    not give
    distorted picture of India to others.

    Brahmins/hindus have no right to talk about Dalits. Brahmins/hindus
    are not representatives
    of Dalits.

    It would appear, they do not represent Kayasthas and Bunnyahs either. Never mind, Great P, if you are still around.

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  • From Arindam Banerjee@21:1/5 to David O'Bedlam on Thu Mar 12 01:21:43 2020
    On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 7:18:19 PM UTC+11, David O'Bedlam wrote:
    This frame of mind, of course, serves to lend additional credence
    to the otherwise unbelievable notion that the Swastika actually originated in India.

    The sign of the swastika relates to good health and well being, from
    the Indian perspective.

    Several "Native American" peoples also used it, and they've been here
    for at least 12,000 years. Maybe it's something "instinctive", "hard-
    wired" or "built-in" about right angles or something.

    If the Indian use is Vedic wouldn't that mean it's ultimately Persian?

    I don't think the Arya invasion stuff is popular these days among Indians.


    D.

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