Thursday, January 8, 2009

Indo European Languages ..!

There is a branch of languages known as the Indo -European languages which includes Sanskrit and Persian bracketed with many European languages .

Did some little research to find out some the common threads existing now between the divergent branches. These words are somewhat straightforward relatives of each other (especially when one consider that the diversity was achieved much before the invention of writing,).Many a study on the roots syllables has revealed the more intricate nature of this relationships- like the "ph' in 'Bhaskar', 'Abha' ,'Shobha'and 'Prabha' indicates light as it does in 'photo', 'photon'..etc

More than anything else this gives a hint of the nomadic nature of the human tribes as they wandered across the grasslands on the earth.

In search of a suitable natural habitat they spread a long way across, carrying with them the myths and the fables..

In Stockholm I was surprised to see 'Sabon' printed on the soap they kept in the room. Made sure that is was not made in India :-

you...thou...thu..

name ...namen...nama

that...thath..

upper..uber..uper

under..anthar..

star...sitar..

better... behther..

wagan.... wahan

ankoman..agaman.

cow..gow..gaay..

man....manav

mind...man

new ..navine

door... dwaar

sabon...sabun....(soap)

night..nox..noxa...nisha

region..rajya..

know..gno..gyaan...njana

nose...nasika

dental...dantha..

heart...hriday..

mather..matter...mathru..

father....pithru..

brother..bhrathru..

folk...log

adam...aadmi..

eve...aurath...

mega..maga(as in magnanimus..)...maha..

ney..nahin..

deep...doobna..

divine .. deva..divya

gait..gathi..

kid .. gudi..gudiya

lad .. ladka

cut … kaat

bind .. baandh

beat..peet

taunt.. Daunh..

mad.. Mada..

tone .. Dhvan..dhvani..

Mud..Mitti.

Body..bathan..

Sir..Sree

rays ..rashmi…

behemoth...bahuth..

body..bathan..

voice.. avaaz

fear.. phaya

practical...prakriti..

new..nova...naya..

path..padh..

earth...dharthy..

ped(means foot ..pedesrian)....pada..

way..voie..veedhi..

is...aus..(sankrit..)

end...anth..

samarth ... smart

mruthyu .. murdur

masmaram -mesmeric



The philosophy of adwaitha says- Thath thvam asi..it is an exact translation of "That thou is " (that u are)