tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161306.post109346051077565532..comments2023-09-10T07:01:03.536-07:00Comments on Manduka: Origins of Virgin(ia) Mary(land)Paddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10410605088925353641noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161306.post-1093800374138813522004-08-29T10:26:00.000-07:002004-08-29T10:26:00.000-07:00[Manjusha] Thanks for your detailed comment.You hi...[Manjusha] Thanks for your detailed comment.You highlight a point that one cannot talk about India in singular.There are always plural interpretations of the singular code.Anyways here was my impressioon on some of the thngs you touched.<br /><br />Yes.The Greeks named us as "people beyond the river indus" thus called Indus.Yes.There might the chance that the country named after "Jada Bharat" rather than after the son of Dushyant (Look it up and you'll see the order of precedence).Finally I am not sure I heard your split of "Bha" and "rat".I assumed sanskrit grammar always went for atomic things in this refard(Refer Panini's Ashtadhyayi).Anyways good to hear from home<br /><br />[Geetanjali] American's identity is mostly traced back to their European roots and strictly the native americans usually are kept to their reservations.People go back in history to say that tey are quarter hungarian,one-third jew and other weird social fractions.Here is my thought on the issue Gee. Did you ever wonder if "Columbus" was wrong? I mean what if he really found the "India" he was looking for..Speculate..Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410605088925353641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161306.post-1093764135327900682004-08-29T00:22:00.000-07:002004-08-29T00:22:00.000-07:00Interesting...isn't it fascinating - a country whi...Interesting...isn't it fascinating - a country which could be called the modern day "coloniser" was once a colony, and even the names of its states are inlfuenced by its former coloniser! Wonder what reminders of its colonial period means to most Americans, who if you trace back aren't "true" Americans...but then identity today based on is a very diecy affair...<br /><br />More interesting was Manjusha's comment - knew most of the info you've provided up there about the origins of our own matrubhumi's name...but to see it paraphrased so well! :-)G Shrivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11067631774356885766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161306.post-1093510589136972252004-08-26T01:56:00.000-07:002004-08-26T01:56:00.000-07:00Something closer to home (at least mine!)...
The ...Something closer to home (at least mine!)...<br /><br />The first Article of the Constitution of India, which deals with the official name, states that "India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states." Thus, not only in usage but officially India and Bharat are both accorded primary status. The name India is derived from Sindhu, the local name for the river Indus. Interestingly the Vedas did not assign any particular name for India, although some scholars assert that references to Indu in the Rig Veda relate to India's present name. The name "Bharat" is derived from either of two ancient Hindu kings named Bharata. "Bha" in sanskrit means knowledge or light, and "rat" is a verb for 'doing'. Bharat is therefore 'the one who is in search of knowledge.' Both names are commonly in use. Hindustan is another name which has been used from the time of its introduction in Mughal times onwards referring to the 'land of the Hindus' (Hindu meaning one of Indus/Sindhu origin, i.e. Indian, 'stan' land). The association of Hindu with practitioners of the Vedic stream of religion now known as Hinduism only truly took root from around the 15th and 16th centuries (as evidenced in works by people like Kabir. In the time of the British Raj, the term Hindustan was popularly used to describe not only India in general but North Indian culture and the mix language of Urdu <br />and Hindi (by which name the melded vernacular is still known today). Thus, while Hindustan is still used by some as a signifier of the nation of India, this usage is debated. In any case, there are geographical, political and regional preferences in the use of the various terminologies.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637279972679201657noreply@blogger.com