Category: Hinduism/Sanskrit
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etymoana of “aswathama” mythical horse of Indian Purana
Aswatahama [written aswathama in IndiaLIT] do you know Aswa: horse in present day usage in India and uma: horse in present day usage in Japan. Is it possible Aswa-t-uma [aswa-bat-uma=an aswa like a uma] points to a hi-breed of two kinds of horses?
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Google jokes
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formal forms of Japanese has it’s base in sanskrit
“tamaso ma jotir gamaya” is a sanskrit phrase I ofetn recited. I learned this in high school. It literally means from tama towards jyoti, let my progress be. tama is used to mean darkness. Notice that the gamaya or gamaja which means movement therfore progress, can also be written as gamas. The ga is the only word that means this movement. It is also…