--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > wrote: > > > > on 4/5/06 12:30 PM, Richard J. Williams at willytex@ wrote: > > > > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > >> If it is not available to non-initiates how would mahesh > > >> know this information? > > >> > > > By getting himself initiated into the tantric tradition and then > > > studying with his master for thirteen years? > > > > > >> Does his name contain Saraswati? > > >> > > > Sure, it's Bal, the name given to Mahesh when he was initiated by > Guru > > > Dev. > > > > Doesn't "Bal" mean "boy" - Bal Brahmachari means life celibate, or > so I > > understood. > > > > I think it depends on whether that's "Hindi truncation" for > Sanskrit "bala" or "baala" ( = bAla). Below are all the meanings in > Cologne Digital for both of those words. I've forgot which > one is correct in that case: > > 1 bala n. (or m. g. %{ardharcA7di}) power , strength , might , > vigour , force , validity RV. &c. &c. (%{balAt} , `" forcibly , > against one's will , without being able to help it "' ; also = % > {bala} ibc. , or %{balena} , %{bala-tas} , with gen. or ifc. , `" by > force , by the power or on the strength or in virtue or by means of , > by "') ; force or power of articulation , TUP. ; force considered as > a sixth organ of action (cf. %{karme7ndriya}) MBh. ; (the Buddhists > reckon 10 forces , the ascetic S3aivas four , which according to Sch. > on R. [B.] are %{sAman} , %{dAna} , %{bheda} , and %{nigraha}) ; > Force personified as one of the Visve Deva1h2 MBh. ; power of , > expertness in (loc.) Nal. ; stoutness , bulkiness L. ; (also pl. ; > ifc. f. %{A}) military force , troops , an army Mn. MBh. &c. ; (L. > also shape ; body ; semen virile ; gum ; blood ; a young shoot ; > bone) ; m. a crow MBh. ; Crataeva Roxburghii L. ; half-ripe barley > L. ; N. of a demon conquered by Indra (the brother of Vr2itra , in > older texts %{vala}) RV. &c. &c. ; of an elder brother of Kr2ishn2a > (also called Bala-deva , Balabhadra , Bala-ra1ma &c.) MBh. Pur. ; cf. > IW. 332 &c. ; (with Jainas) a white Bala or elder brother of > Va1sudeva (9 in number , viz. Acala , Vijaya , Bhadra , Su-prabha , > Su-daris3ana , A1nanda , Nandana , Padma , and Ra1ma) ; N. of a son > of Varun2a and brother of Sura1 MBh. ; of an attendant on Skanda > ib. ; of a son of An3giras ib. ; of a son of Parikshit ib. ; of a son > of Parija1tra BhP. ; of a son of Kr2ishn2a ib. ; of a lexicographer > (also written %{vala}) Naish. Sch. ; of a horse of the Moon VP. ; (% > {A}) f. Sida Cordifolia Sus3r. (du. the plants Bala1 and Ati-bala1 > ib.) ; N. of a partic. charm R. Ragh. (cf. %{ati-b-}) ; the youngest > sister in a drama L. ; N. of a daughter of Daksha R. ; of a daughter > of Raudra1s3va Hariv. ; of a female divinity who executes the orders > of the 17th Arhat of the present Avasarpin2i1 L. ; of a peasant girl > Lalit. ; (%{bala4}) n. = %{vala4} , a cavern AV. ; mfn. strong , > robust L. ; sick (= %{amin}) L. [Cf. Lat. {valere} , {valor} &c.] > > 2 bAla mf(%{A})n. (cf. %{vAla}) young , childish , infantine , not > full-grown or developed (of per. sons and things) Gr2S. Up. Mn. MBh. > &c. ; newly risen , early (as the sun or its rays) Ragh. ; new or > waxing (as the moon) ib. Kum. ; puerile , ignorant , simple , foolish > Mn. Hariv. Ka1v. ; pure (as an animal fit for sacrifice) L. ; m.a > child , boy (esp. one under 5 years) Mn. MBh. &c. ; (in law) a minor > (minors are classified as %{kunAra} , or boys under 5 years of age , % > {zizu} under 8 , %{pogaNDa} from the 5th to the end of the 9th or > till the 16th year , and %{kizora} from the 10th to the 16th year) ; > a fool , simpleton Mn. Pan5cat. ; any young animal L. ; a colt , foal > L. ; a five years old elephant L. ; Cypriuus Denticulatus or Rohita > L. ; N. of a Rakshas VP. ; of a prince Ra1jat. ; (%{A}) f. a female > child , girl , young woman (esp. one under 16 years) Mn. MBh. &c. ; a > one year old cow L. ; small cardamoms L. ; Aloe Indica L. ; a kind of > metre L. ; a partic. mystical prayer Cat. ; N. of the mother of > Va1lin and Su-griva (said to have been formed by Praja1-pati out of > some dust which had fallen into his eyes) R. ; n. Andropogon > Muricatus L. ; heat L. >
A pun perhaps, or multiple levels of meaning in his name then? JohnY 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/