From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52746
Date: 2008-02-12
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From: "kishore patnaik" <kishorepatnaik09@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of
Aryan
> In my post, I just added the man meaning of word Ar as a prelude to stress
> the fact that most of the meanings offered for the word are sociological
> in
> connotation. I do not either support or condemn them, If you remember, I
> have added the Dowson's meaning in the same breathe. Obviously, Arya does
> not carry the meaning loyal This meaning was attributed by colonial
> rulers
> to stream line the Indian thought in accordance with their goals.
>
> the idea of the first paragraph is to stress this fact that 'that most of
> the
> meanings offered for the word are sociological in connotation" and nothing
> else.
>
> The main idea of the post, as requested in the opening line, is to gather
> the economic meanings attributed to word Arya.
>
> Btw, while I do not want to start off another round of discussion on
> Arthur
> but I can not resist the layman's urge to see that (M) Aruthi(r) (another
> name of Hanuman, an ape man of Rmn, known for his super natural strength)
> and Arthur are at least phonetic cognates.
>
> Kishore patnaik
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I do not know if all om the list would agree but I see two major
possibilites for the deeper meaning of arya-:
1) white (person);
2) official (more as an accountant than a labor supervisor).
Is that of any interest?
Patrick