Word Help?
C.R. Selvakumar
selvakum at VALLUVAR.UWATERLOO.CA
Thu Sep 21 15:55:51 UTC 2000
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'>'Can someone help me with this? A poet-friend of mine would like to know =
'>'the Sanskrit for "eater of the gods" or "god-eater." I have tried to =
'>'help him in my amateurish way, but I thought I had better ask the =
'>'experts.
This is not what you had asked, but I thought it might be of interest.
In Tamil, an equally ancient language,
'god-eater' would be 'iRaiyuNNi' and interestingly, the same word
also can mean other things!
C.R.Selvakumar
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'>'Dr. George Cronk
'>'Philosophy & Religion
'>'Bergen Community College (NJ)
'>'www.bergen.cc.nj.us/faculty/gcronk/Dept1.html
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