Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > Wasn't it you that said he was from a scribe caste? Is that an > authentic comment or just something you are assuming (since he was > SBS's personal assistant/scribe)? Danielou had some interesting > things to say about this particular varna IIRC. > **END**
The surname "Varma" is a traditional kshatriya caste name. "Srivastava" is a kyastha (or kayastha) subcaste name -- scribe subcaste. Maharishi has (apparently) gone by both in his past. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
