--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2080830/Duke-Duchess-mark-New-Year-reindeer-herders-tent.html > > > > I think Lakota Indians call those teepee, in Finnish Lappland > > it's called 'kota', perhaps related to Sanskrit 'koTa' (~kaw-ta). > > (In Finnish, 'koti'[~kot-ty] means 'home'). Note that in the > > meaning 'shed, hut', 'koTa' is encountered only in lexicons (L.)?! > > > > > > 1 koTa m. (g. %{azmA7di}) a fort , stronghold (cf. %{koTTa}) Va1stuv. > > xi , 28 ; a shed , hut L. (cf. %{kuTI}) ; curvature (fr. %{kuT}) W. ; a > > beard L. ; a kind of diagram (?) ; (%{A}) f. Pa1n2. 3-1 , 17 Pat. ; cf. > > %{a-} , %{amara-} , %{devI-}. > > > > That might be an "additional proof", that Bal Gangadhar Tilak > > was right when he conjectured that the Vedic culture as described > > in the Rgveda (especially hymns to uSas [dawn]) originates > > from quite far North... LoL! > > > > "The Arctic Home in the Vedas is a seminal work on the origin of Aryans > > presented by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a mathematician turned > > astronomer, historian, journalist, philosopher and political leader of > > India during 1880 to 1920. It propounded the theory that North Pole was the > > original home of Aryans during pre-glacial period which they had to leave > > due to the ice deluge around 8000 B.C. and had to migrate to the Northern > > parts of Europe and Asia in search of lands for new settlements. In support > > to his theory Tilak has presented certain Vedic hymns, Avestic passages, > > Vedic chronology and Vedic calendars with interpretations of the contents > > in detail. The book was written at the end of 1898 but was first published > > in March 1903 in Pune. > > > > Contents of chapter V in Tilak's book: > > CHAPTER V > > THE VEDIC DAWNS > > Dawn-hymns the most beautiful in the Ṛig-Veda The Deity fully > described, unobscured by personification First hints about the long > duration of dawn Recitation of a thousand verses, or even the whole > Ṛig-Veda, while the dawn lasts Three or five-fold division of the > dawn Both imply a long dawn The same inferred from the two words > Uṣhas and Vyuṣhṭî Three Ṛig-Vedic passages about > long dawns, hitherto misunderstood, discussed Long interval of several days > between the first appearance of light and sunrise Expressly mentioned in > the Ṛig-Veda, VII, 76, 3 Sâyaṇa's explanation artificial and > unsatisfactory Existence of many dawns before sunrise Reason why dawn is > addressed in the plural in the Ṛig-Veda The plural address not > honorific Nor denotes dawns of consecutive days Proves a team of > continuous dawns The last view confirmed by the Taittirîya Saṁhitâ, > IV, 3, 11 Dawns as 30 sisters Direct authority from the Taittirîya > Brâhmaṇa for holding that they were continuous or unseparated > Sâyaṇa's explanation of 30 dawns examined Thirty dawns described as > thirty steps of a single dawn Rotatory motion of the dawn, like a wheel, > directly mentioned in the Ṛig-Veda Their reaching the same appointed > place day by day All indicate a team of thirty closely-gathered dawns > Results summed up Establish the Polar character of the Vedic dawns > Possible variation in the duration of the Vedic dawn The legend of Indra > shattering the Dawn's car explained Direct passages showing that the dawns > so described were the events of a former age The Vedic Dawns Polar in > character. > > http://www.oration.com/~mm9n/articles/tilak.htm >
Hmmm... Tilak himself seems to have been quite blond. What gives? http://www.hindurevolution.org/01/lokmanyatilak.htm
