Talk:Yoga/Archive 2

message: Sorry, user 24.43.172.130. You have edited the lead to say:
:Yoga is a family of spiritual practices that originated in present-day India...
This could create a number of misunderstandings among readers: that yoga originated in our present day, or that its history did not include development in parts of Bengal which are now Bangladesh...
For these reasons I have reverted to the previous language:
:Yoga is a family of spiritual practices that developed on the Indian subcontinent...
Thank you for your interest in the yoga article. --Fencingchamp 21:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The very fact that Yoga is mostly practiced in India proves the point. Most of the people living in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan are not even familiar with the term Yoga. However, the exact origin of yoga is disputed. This site doesnt say much about its exact origin but links Yoga with Shamanism which began in mehgrah in Afghanistan. What I could conclude from this site was that the modern-day yoga is a result of series of development and changes to yogic methods happening throughout India over the ages. This site refers to a place Patanjali in India as the birthplace of Yoga. On the whole, Yoga is regarded as an Indian tradition and has plently of followers in India, so I'd say that even though its hard for any of us to prove its exact origin, think that sayin Yoga originated in India is accurate enough and also gives due recognition to its founders and developers. --Deepak|वार्ता 03:24, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Please forgive me, there seems to be some misunderstanding. I personally regard yoga as something inherently Indian. I did not author the phrase "Indian subcontinent" which has been part of the yoga article since March 2005. I did champion the phrase because it seems broad and inclusive, and unlikely to lead to conflict. I always thought the phrase denoted historical India. It never occurred to me that someone would interpret it as not being Indian enough. I stand corrected. :-) --Fencingchamp 06:34, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

text: I agree that Deepak's "present-day India" better indicates the location of yoga origins, but also agree that Fencingchamp's comment the phrase was ambiguous and confusing as written. I'll be thinking on a nicer phrasing...maybe others will too??--Nemonoman 06:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Present-Day India 

message: Thank you Deepak Gupta for very kindly adding the long vertical "Part of the series on Hinduism" template. This template looks very nice, but placing it at the beginning of this article seems to create an unfortunate "bookend" effect with the table of contents, leaving a large square hole in the middle. Also, the hatha yoga picture isn't so appropriate to the Goals of yoga section. I hope nobody minds, but in order to improve the graphic layout and visual sense, I've restored the hatha yoga pic to the top of the article, and put Deepak's long vertical template in the Common Themes section, which is the first complete section long enough to accommodate it. I've also moved the Yogini pic down to Origins. Feedback welcome. --Fencingchamp 22:29, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, its not about whether the template is good looking or long or vertical. The template was recently created and is being added to all Hinduism-related articles or rather all those articles whose link appear on the template making it easier for a reader to have a quick look at all other major Hinduism topics. Hmm.. I have no objections to yr edit though. Cheers --Deepak|वार्ता 23:07, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graphic Layout 

message: Are we agreeing on Sri or Shri as an honorific? My experience is that Sri is a more common usage.
Are we agreeing on ashtanga or astanga when referring to the eight fold path? My experience is that, while astanga is correct, ashtanga is the common Western usage.
:I always use 'ś', but by all means in the body of the text one should use more common usage. Khiradtalk 11:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consistency in transliteration...?