Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Re: Sanskrit is the Origin of all Languages
Dear Vaisnavas,
Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! I'll see if I can finish the thread by this post.
- ADHAMA , Lowest. See L. ADAM (the first man) as mentioned in the Bible and Bhavishya Purana
- PUUTA, "putrid"
- PUUY, "stink" > Fr. PUER, "stink" ("PEE-YOO-EE!"; PEPE LE PEW, a smelly cartoon skunk)
- RAAGA, "musical melody" (Eng. RAGA, "melodic formula of Hindu music"; RAG/RAGTIME [?]) . This is a recent addition
- RAAJ, "rule", akin to RAAJA, "king"=L. REX/REGIS; L. REGERE/RECTUM, "rule, govern, direct" (RECTIFY, DIRECT, REGAL, REGULATE, RICHARD; RICH, "having great wealth, powerful"; Ger. REICH, "rich; empire, kingdom")
- RAANI, "queen"=Fr. REINE (REIGN. See RAJ, above)
- RABH, with verb-form RAPSYATI, "seize, desire vehemently", akin to RABHASA, "rapid, violent, desirous of" > L. RAPERE/RAPTUS, "seize, force violently, ravish, hurry" (RAPE, RAPTURE, RAPTURE, RAVISH, RAPID)
- RAD, "gnaw, scratch" > L. RODERE, "gnaw"; L. RODERE, "scratch" (RAT, which is a RODENT.)
- RAP, "speak" There is mention in Oxford English Dictionary of RAP, "utter, say, talk", but the listingis under a verb RAP, "strike (a blow), knock with a rap". Could there be a mistake involved? Could some more-modern Sanskrit word be the source?
- RE, "a vocative particle (generally used contemptuously; often doubled)". Cf. RI, "a sound inarticulate or repeated as in stammering". Cf. [?] L. RE-, a prefix used to indicate repetition. However, Latin is supposed to be the original source of Eng. RE-, as in RE-THINK, RE-DONE, etc.
- RI, second note of the seven-tone Hindu musical scale (Cf. [?] RE, second tone of Western, 7-note scale: do-RE-mi, etc.)
(Note : Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Da Ni Sa is the same as Do Re Me Fa So La Ti Do) There are 12 notes in an octave before the upper note (From C' to B', there are 12 notes before C''). This is true in all musical systems. One raga called Shankarabharanam is exactly the same as the Major Scale In western music
- ROMA, "Rome", Italy
- RUP, "break off" > L. RUMPERE/RUPTUS, "break", (RUPTURE)
- SA, "she, that"
- SAD, "sit, sink into despondency, despair" akin to SATTI, "sitting" > L. SEDERE (SETTLE, RESIDE, RESIDUE, SEDIMENT, SADNESS)
- SAM, "together, in common with" (SYMPATHY, together-mind", in that there is a sharing of emotions.) See SAMA.
- SAMA (#1), "same" (SIMILAR, SIMULATE) See SAM. SAMA (#2), "any, every" (SOME)
- SAPTAN, "seven" (SEPTEMBER, seventh month of the year in earlier calendars; SEPTENNIAL, "every seven years")
- SARPA, "serpent"
- SATII, wife of Shiva > Eng. SUTTEE because of her faithfulness to him and how she cremated herself.
- SHAALAA< "large room" > Fr. SALLE (SALON, SALOON) . Also see DHARMASHALA, a free inn
- SHARKARAA, "ground or candied sugar" (SACCHARIN, SUCROSE)
- SHATAM, "hundred"=L. CENTUM (CENT, CENTURY, CENTIME)
- SIV, "sew" > A.S. SEOWIAN, Goth. SIUJAN (SEW)
- SMI, "smile"
- SRIV/SRIIV/SHRIV, "to go/become dry; lead astray; frustrate, thwart; cause to fail". Cf. Eng. [?] SHRIVEL, "become wrinkled, as from heat [dry up?]; be reduced to an inefficient condition; reduce to helplessness". Oxford English Dictionary says this word derives from Swedish but is uncertain.
Thank you for your patience. I will try to finish it next time around
Srinath
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