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hembo, what does the -stika in aastika and nastika mean? Also, should I read swaastika as self-stika?
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hembo, what does the -stika in aastika and nastika mean? Also, should I read swaastika as self-stika?
Thanks.
Thank you for holding my hand through one step on the expansive terrain on knowledge. <-You can already see the effect of reading Eastern philosophies in my prosody!...
The word is not "stika" but asti-ka or na'-asti-ka (one who says asti, or one who does not say asti, asti meaning acknowledgment or "to be"). The suffix -ka either forms a diminutive or intensifies the verbal meaning.
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Oh suu is good I remember. Exactly the opposite of what we have, i.e. evil!...
The word Swastika came from the Sanskrit word su-asti-ka, meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote auspiciousness. It is composed of su- meaning "good, well" and asti "to be" and the ka as before. Hence swastika or suastika might thus be translated literally as "that which is associated with well-being," corresponding to "lucky charm" or "thing that is auspicious.
errrm pardon me but do you consider the following to be 'splendid'
[figures on the temple in Khajuraho]
This looks like depiction of bestiality, this would not be considered 'splendid' by modern standards, could you elaborate on what this ritual is?
come up with something powerful sourceI read some publication by a professor of Hinduism who stated that Hinduism is sadly currently distorted in peoples' minds, and he researched that Hindu scriptures do record bovine consumption. But I unfortunately don't have the reference.
errrm pardon me but do you consider the following to be 'splendid'
[figures on the temple in Khajuraho]
This looks like depiction of bestiality, this would not be considered 'splendid' by modern standards, could you elaborate on what this ritual is?
errrm pardon me but do you consider the following to be 'splendid'
[figures on the temple in Khajuraho]
This looks like depiction of bestiality, this would not be considered 'splendid' by modern standards, could you elaborate on what this ritual is?