'Panis' - The Indus People

[Girish Bhaskaruni]

hello friends,
You might have heard about the Rg Vedic tribe "Panis"-
With whom the Divine Dog "Sarama" had a discussion.
the discussion is in Rgveda it self.
My question is
"can the PANIS be identified with the  people of
Harappan  civilisation???"

Panis were discribed as trading people in Rgveda. they
were also described as wealthy people.they were also
regarded as Dasas.

The above description suits the harappan people.

The word for trade in sanskrit- 'VaaniJya' is derived
from the root 'Pan'

Now, in dravidian languages also the root 'Pan' is
there. it means 'work' in dravidian languages.
i feel it meant 'trade' in ancient times and it took a
wider meaning in later times.

The name for trading community in western india-
'Baniyas' is also derived from the same root.

Now it is interesting to note that Gujarathis are
included in 'Pancha Dravidas'

> From all the above, the PANIS of Rgveda may be the
Harappan people.it gives the suggestion that some
harappan people were there when Aryans migrated into
India, they termed them as Panis  based on their
profession (trade was the main profession of harappan
people).It is logical to think so.

Regarding the Oral Tradition in ancient India i have
an observation to make.
as i said earlier the Rgvedic people might have been
in contact with harappan people, thats why they
developed the oral tradition in contrast to their
enemies who had a developed writing system. though
many scholars tried to derive that the Rgvedic people
know writing from vague references, it remains a fact
that vedic people were not well versed with writing.
they might have tried to hide their texts, beliefs
etc., from their enemies (probably harappan people)by
maintaining oral tradition.

i invite your opinion on this

with regards

G.B






--- Kengo Harimoto <kharimot at SAS.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> There are two published texts on yoga ascribed to
> Yaaj~navalkya:
>
> - The Yogayaaj~navalkya (published as TSS 134)
>
> - The B.rhadyogiyaaj~navalkyasm.rti (ed. by Swami
> Kuvalayananda and
> Pandit Raghunathashastri Kokaje, published by The
> Kaivalyadharma
> S. M. Y. M. Samiti, Poona 1976)
>
> Despite similar titles, (note the difference between
> yoga- and yogi-)
> these two texts do not seem to be related to each
> other.  That is, the
> B.rhadyogiyaaj~navalkyasm.rti is not an expanded
> version of the
> Yogayaaj~navalkya.
>
> Vaacaspati quotes a verse from a text called the
> Yogiyaaj~navalkyasm.rti in his commentary on
> Yogasuutra 1.1.  This
> verse exists in the B.rhadyogiyaaj~navalkyasm.rti,
> not in the
> Yogayaaj~navalkya.
>
> Unfortunately, currently I do not have access to
> these texts.  So, I
> cannot check if they use the term puuraka, recaka,
> and kumbhaka.
>
> BTW, the commentary (vivara.na) on the Yogabhaa.sya
> ascribed to
> 'Sa"nkara mentions puuraka and recaka as the terms
> used by others,
> i.e., not in the Paata~njalayoga"saastra.
>
> Hauer thought the technique later known as puuraka,
> recaka, kumbhaka
> dates all the way back to the Atharvaveda. (Die
> Anfaenge der
> Yogapraxis im alten Indien, pp. 11-3)
>
> --
> kengo


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