From: venks@glycol.ecn.purdue.edu (Kareenhalli V Venkatesh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: The World and Sanskrit
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:52:22 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Apr10.141651.2929@ncsa.uiuc.edu> podurys@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Podury Satyanarayan) writes:
>
>Continuing on some more words that could perhaps, even
>remotely, be construed as derived from Sanskrit roots.
>
>(All these I gathered from listening to some lectures given 
>by an IIT professor/Indian philosopher. I do not claim to have
>much of a knowledge on these matters, but I do find them rather
>interesting.  The netters can form their own opinions.
>Also, I may have got my facts wrong regarding the following stories
>from other religions.  I hope knowledgeable people would correct it.
>My apologies for any unintentional errors.)
>
>
>Jupiter:  "dhyau pita", meaning 'father in heaven'
>
>Isaac(son of Abraham?):  'ishakaaha', meaning 'like god' (?)
>                          Note: In India, many times 'sh' and 's'
>            are used interchangeably (ex. "shiva" and 'siva').
>            Hence, 'ishakaaha' could well be 'isaaka'.
>
>Ismael(same person as Isaac, but followed by Muslims??):  'isha mala',
>            meaning 'the garland of god'.  Now, I believe there is this
>            anecdote where Abraham was asked to give his son Isaac as
>            a sacrifice to god by chopping his neck off.  When he was
>            about to do this, the sword became a garland and fell on
>            Isaac's neck.  Hence the garland of god. And hence 'isha mala'
>            or 'ismael'.
>
>Baptism:   'avapta' (or is it 'abapta'?), meaning one who has reached
>            the goal of god (like in attaining 'samadhi').
>            There is an interesting story regarding this.  A person who
>            attains samadhi, according to Indian Philosophy(IP), should be
>            entombed (buried?) and not cremated like ordinary people.
>            Not everybody attains samadhi.  However, in Christianity,
>            everybody is 'baptized', which then, according to Indian
>            philosophy, means that that person has attained samadhi!
>            And hence, that person should only be buried and not cremated.
>            The tradition of baptizing, I guess, started with the baptizing
>            of Christ by Johann(??).  But since, according to IP, Christ
>            is considered as an avatar of Shiva (???), baptizing him
>            would be the proper thing to do.
>
>    (I repeat that my knowledge on these matters is meagre, and hence
>     above could all be gibberish.  However, I found them interesting
>     when informed, and I leave it to the netters to draw their own
>     conclusions.  I have no intention of commenting on other religions,
>     positively or negatively. So no religious flames, please.)
>
>There are many words in other languages, which when analyzed as a word
>from Sanskrit, gives a clearer meaning to people such as me who may
>not know these languages.
>
>
>satya podury
>-- 
>Might is Right!
>Statutory disclaimer:  All opinions expressed herein are solely mine.



      I remember a talk given by Mr Oak some years back in Madras.
  he was telling that his finding of links of other languages 
  with sanskrit was not accepted by Harvard.  He gave lots of
  example from different languages and linked them to sanskrit.
  I remember the following:

   September ---- sapta (seven)  ambara (sky)
   October   ----- Asta (eight)  ambara (sky)
   November  ----- Nava (nine)   ambara (sky)
   december  ----- Dasha (ten)   ambara (sky)

   Gentleman ----- Santula mana -- person with a sound mind.

  He also gave some explanation for the 7th sky representing
  the ninth month and so on. Someone who has read the book
  by Mr Oak can shed some light.

                                  .......venkatesh