Comments on: The Indus Colony in Mesopotamia – Part 1 http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2009/11/the-indus-colony-in-mesopotamia-part-1/ A Blog on Indian History Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:37:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: jk http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2009/11/the-indus-colony-in-mesopotamia-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-17726 jk Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:03:45 +0000 http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/?p=2552#comment-17726 Kedar, Actually thanks for the hair splitting. It does not affect this narrative much, for the point here is that there was a cultural importance for the buffalo, which the Mesopotamians did not have. Kedar, Actually thanks for the hair splitting. It does not affect this narrative much, for the point here is that there was a cultural importance for the buffalo, which the Mesopotamians did not have.

]]> By: kedar http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2009/11/the-indus-colony-in-mesopotamia-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-17723 kedar Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:17:29 +0000 http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/?p=2552#comment-17723 I am not sure about you, but that translation of 1.164.41 makes no semantic sense to me :) Why does a water-buffalo have so many (or so few) feet at the same time? And it feels like she is actually growing more feet as time passes... More interestingly, I did some googling, and came up with your own blog regarding this mantra (gaurir mimaya) some months ago: http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2009/02/how-old-are-our-mantras/ Also, the word 'salilaani', the plural of 'salilam', cannot be simply taken to mean waters. Remember naasaydiya suktam (RV 10.129:2): 'tama aaseet tamasaa guuLhamagre praketam salilam sarvamaa idam', which roughly translates to: 'darkness was there concealed within darkness, everything was full of salilam'. In this case clearly, the salilam cannot mean water here since we are talking about the situation before any creation. All this seems like a lot of hair-splitting and probably doesnt affect what you are saying, but I felt like contributing my 2 paise. I am not sure about you, but that translation of 1.164.41 makes no semantic sense to me :) Why does a water-buffalo have so many (or so few) feet at the same time? And it feels like she is actually growing more feet as time passes…

More interestingly, I did some googling, and came up with your own blog regarding this mantra (gaurir mimaya) some months ago:
http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2009/02/how-old-are-our-mantras/

Also, the word ’salilaani’, the plural of ’salilam’, cannot be simply taken to mean waters. Remember naasaydiya suktam (RV 10.129:2):
‘tama aaseet tamasaa guuLhamagre praketam salilam sarvamaa idam’, which roughly translates to: ‘darkness was there concealed within darkness, everything was full of salilam’. In this case clearly, the salilam cannot mean water here since we are talking about the situation before any creation.

All this seems like a lot of hair-splitting and probably doesnt affect what you are saying, but I felt like contributing my 2 paise.

]]> By: J. Jonker http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/2009/11/the-indus-colony-in-mesopotamia-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-17719 J. Jonker Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:26 +0000 http://varnam.nationalinterest.in/?p=2552#comment-17719 Of course, Sargon's birth story also sounds very familiar to those who have read the biblical account of Moses' birth and how he ended up being adopted into the Egyptian Royal Family. Of course, Sargon’s birth story also sounds very familiar to those who have read the biblical account of Moses’ birth and how he ended up being adopted into the Egyptian Royal Family.

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