Re: Aryan invasion theory and race

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@> wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Note that, at Mbh 12.200.40c, the name used according to
> > > Brockington is Yauna, not Yavana! Compare with Old Persian
> > > Yauna 'Greeks'.
> >
> > Have you tried finding the shloka 40 in book 12 chapter 200?
>
> Hey, Doubting Thomas! It's here (from Muneo Tokunaga's electronic text of the Poona critical edition of the Mbh):
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mmqsfz
> "uttarA pathajanmAnaH kIrtayiShyAmi tAnapi .
> yauna kAmbojagAndhArAH kirAtA barbaraiH saha .. 40..\\"
>
> Do you think that serious Sanskrit scholars are liars like you?
>

You are becoming too childish. If you did not know Mahabharata has many editions. I am using Calcutta Edition and in that this shloka (after a couple of hours of searching) was found in chapter 207 of the Shanti Parva. What is lying about it?

As we have asked you before and you have not answered:
a) Did Greeks tell Indians that they were yavans?
b) Did Greeks call each other yavans?
c) Did Indians know that Greeks came from Ionia and hence should be
called yavans (Ionians)?
d) Why did Indians continue to use the word yavan for Mughals and
later for Brits?

Key takeaway is yavan cannot be associated with just Greeks.

Regards,
-Shivraj