Guest guest Report post Posted February 12, 2007 Om Dum Durgayee Namaha, Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I correct? I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be the closest English equivalent? Om Shanti, Snowgrouse(:>) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 13, 2007 "Jai Mata Ki" is Hindi for "Victory to the Mother" -- ki being the possessive particle. I believe "Jai Mata Di" is the same phrase in Punjabi. In my experience, they usually signal the cult of Vaishno Devi, a hugely popular form of Durga whose shrine in Jammu is a mass pilgrimage destination. As North Indian vernacular expressions, these terms of praise are not pan-Indian or pan-Hindu. I think you'll find they're little known and almost never used in South India. I once bounced the phrase off a formidable and deeply devoted Srividya guru (i.e. teacher of a sophisticated Southern form of Shaktism) of great experience -- and got a pretty blank response. Hope that helps DB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 2007 Di is from AaDi= Primal : Ki = either "of " or " to ". SnowGrouse <snowgrouse (AT) sci (DOT) fi> wrote: Om Dum Durgayee Namaha, Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I correct? I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be the closest English equivalent? Om Shanti, Snowgrouse(:>) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 2007 Di is from AaDi= Primal : Ki = either "of " or " to ". SnowGrouse <snowgrouse (AT) sci (DOT) fi> wrote: Om Dum Durgayee Namaha, Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I correct? I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be the closest English equivalent? Om Shanti, Snowgrouse(:>) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 2007 DI is from Adi= Primal : Ki = to SnowGrouse <snowgrouse (AT) sci (DOT) fi> wrote: Om Dum Durgayee Namaha, Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I correct? I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be the closest English equivalent? Om Shanti, Snowgrouse(:>) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 2007 DI is from Adi= Primal : Ki = to SnowGrouse <snowgrouse (AT) sci (DOT) fi> wrote: Om Dum Durgayee Namaha, Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I correct? I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be the closest English equivalent? Om Shanti, Snowgrouse(:>) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 17, 2007 di is pronounced by punjabis, Himachalis Ki is a hindi word if you happend to be telugu, the meaning is Ammavariki Jejelu Regards ramana --- venkat bhasksr <sitam_subba (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: > DI is from Adi= Primal : Ki = to > > SnowGrouse <snowgrouse (AT) sci (DOT) fi> wrote: Om Dum > Durgayee Namaha, > > Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai > Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I > correct? > > I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it > just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be > the closest English equivalent? > > Om Shanti, > Snowgrouse(:>) > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Stand corrected. I did spend enough time in Delhi and around to have guessed about the use of Da sound in Punjabi like Ra sound in Rajasthani dialects. Why do we Telugus insist on two Jais(Jejelu) while others seem to be content with one Jai ? Venkata Ramana Abbaraju <ramanaabbaraju (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: di is pronounced by punjabis, Himachalis Ki is a hindi word if you happend to be telugu, the meaning is Ammavariki Jejelu Regards ramana --- venkat bhasksr <sitam_subba (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: > DI is from Adi= Primal : Ki = to > > SnowGrouse <snowgrouse (AT) sci (DOT) fi> wrote: Om Dum > Durgayee Namaha, > > Does anyone know what the Di or Ki at the end of Jai > Mata... means? I have heard that this is Hindi, am I > correct? > > I want to know the exact meaning of Di or Ki--is it > just an exclamation, or a syllable? What would be > the closest English equivalent? > > Om Shanti, > Snowgrouse(:>) > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
