--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: >
> > The Agama(s), taken together, constitute an independent literature > that has no relation to the Vedä(s). The originals, in ancient > Dravidian, are lost today. Some elements of doctrine and vocabulary > have been inserted into subsequent versions to establish apparent > similarities with the Vedic religion. In any case, the differences > between the Vedä(s) and Agama(s) were recognized from then on, since > the ritual practices of the Agama(s) are in conflict with Vedic rites, > although, in the course of the centuries, a certain amalgamation has > been achieved." > > Alain Danielou, _While the Gods Play_ > Might of course be true, but doesn't feel very scientific... :/ Somehow reminds me of the 19th century dilettante Finnish linguists, who in the spirit of Fennomania tried to prove that Finnish and Hebrew are related! : ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennophile
