Guest guest Posted August 8, 2002 Report Share Posted August 8, 2002 HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com indiancivilization User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 "venkateshwara_reddy" venkateshwara_reddy Mailing-List: list IndianCivilization; contact IndianCivilization-owner Thu, 08 Aug 2002 07:20:51 -0000 [indianCivilization] purushasooktam and varNa-s akandabaratam, "venkateshwara_reddy" <venkateshwara_reddy> wrote: Manusmr`ti says BraahmaNas are "born" from Brahma's head, etc. but shruti does not say so. Shruti (in Purushasooktam) says: From (His) feet are born shudra-s. Before this shruti also says everything, the whole universe was born from His feet. So, the two tegether means: all are born shudra-s. Then by support "thighs", a vaishya is "made"; from work of "power shoulders", a king is "made" (kr`tah is the word used); one who "sits" (aaseet is the verb used) on His face (becomes) BraahmaNa. So, the real imoprt of shruti (all born are shudra-s, by support, work or wisdom the born becomes one of the varna-s) got distorted in the shaastra. This was beginning of humanities' downfall, Satyayuga had ended by then! Regards, VR --- End forwarded message --- IndianCivilization To change your subscription options go to this URL.. IndianCivilization/join?referer=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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