[INDOLOGY] dna and castes

[rajam]

Totally sick to the core!!!


> On Jan 27, 2016, at 7:37 PM, patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Purusha Suktam - explains how Brahmins form the head, Ksatriyas the arms, Vaishyas the body, Shudras the feet  - actually 10.90.12
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> In my ethnographic research I have heard this quoted countless times by Brahmins as justification as to why they consider themselves superior to the other classes/castes.
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> All the best,
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> Patrick McCartney 
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> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:45 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net <mailto:rajam at earthlink.net>> wrote:
> Dear Patrick McCartney,
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> Many thanks. Currently I don’t have access to several resources including a library. So, could you please recite yajurveda 30.11  / ṛgveda 10.90 and explain the contents?
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> Thanks and regards,
> rajam
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>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 7:05 PM, patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com <mailto:psdmccartney at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> yajurveda 30.11  / ṛgveda 10.90  could be good places to start? 
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>> All the best,
>> 
>> Patrick McCartney 
>> 
>> PhD Candidate 
>> School of Culture, History & Language
>> College of the Asia-Pacific
>> The Australian National University
>> Canberra, Australia, 0200
>> 
>> 
>> Skype - psdmccartney
>> Phone + Whatsapp:  +61 414 954 748 <tel:%2B61%20414%20954%20748>
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy6lVABgjmg <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy6lVABgjmg>
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>>  <http://goog_371544488/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqBD_2P4Pg <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqBD_2P4Pg>
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>> http://youtu.be/y3XfjbwqC_g <http://youtu.be/y3XfjbwqC_g>
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>> http://trinityroots.bandcamp.com/track/all-we-be <http://trinityroots.bandcamp.com/track/all-we-be>
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>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:12 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net <mailto:rajam at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>> My naive, honest, and sincere question: Who decided/declared that the brahmins are the “upper caste?” and what was/is the criterion for such designation?
>> 
>> As a brahmin myself, why am I not able to understand/accept such epithet?
>> 
>> Thanks and regards,
>> rajam
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>>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:04 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net <mailto:rajam at earthlink.net>> wrote:
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>>> Yet another cookie-cutter study resulting in a cotton-candy result! sigh.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> rajam
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>>>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. <H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl <mailto:H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl>> wrote:
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>>>> Here is the link, for those who cannot open the attachment:
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>>>> http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/01/20/1513197113.abstract?sid=304804fd-0979-4e2a-87a7-a73108f3ed23 <http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/01/20/1513197113.abstract?sid=304804fd-0979-4e2a-87a7-a73108f3ed23>
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