--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > > Doesn't "Bal" mean "boy" - Bal Brahmachari means life celibate, > > > or so I understood. > > > > You are mistaken, Bob - according to the Cologne Digital Sanskrit > Lexicon, the Sanskrit term 'bal' is an interjection imitating the > sound of a falling body, as in 'falling at the feet of the master'. > Many Sanskrit terms are derived from common household sounds. For > example, the bija mantra 'phat', heard at every puja, is derived from > the crack-sound made by a two-stroked wheeled vehicle, the motor > rickshaw, found all over downtown Delhi. >
Regardless, my recollection isthat he was originally called balraj brahmachari. ------------------------ 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/
