[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2009-02-17 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: It seems to me that Shankara's native language might have been the Dravidian(?) malayalam. Any comments? Oh shucks! Malayalam prolly wasn't a separate language in Shankara's life time:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2009-02-17 Thread vskamala
Tanil Samskrit maybe? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Well, since I haven't chatted with him recently.;-) --- On Tue, 2/17/09, cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote The first and original Shankara is Lord Shiva - the Adi Shankara. Shankara in his lifetime was referred to as Acharya Shree. Pardon... but how do you know this for sure? Are you suggesting it is incorrect to refer to Shankara as Adi Shankara?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
The first and original Shankara is Lord Shiva - the Adi Shankara. Shankara in his lifetime was referred to as Acharya Shree. anon_astute_ff wrote: Pardon... but how do you know this for sure? One of my teachers, Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, a direct desciple of Guru Dev, told me so.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-05 Thread hanumanhoffman9
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first and original Shankara is Lord Shiva - the Adi Shankara. Shankara in his lifetime was referred to as Acharya Shree. anon_astute_ff wrote: Pardon... but how do you know this for sure?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: In my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought to have been born somewhere

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
In a message dated 4/3/06 4:40:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought to have been born somewhere in the southern parts of India. If that's the case, I wonder how likely it is that his native language was one of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought to have been born somewhere in the southern parts of India. If that's the case, I wonder how likely it is that his native language was one of the Dravidian languages of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
sparaig wrote: I've always wondered why the first Shankara would be called the original one WHILE he was alive, but who knows... The first and original Shankara is Lord Shiva - the Adi Shankara. Shankara in his lifetime was referred to as Acharya Shree. Yahoo!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
anon_astute_ff wrote: As Lord Siva incarnate mastering the Vedas by age 3, maybe his native tongue was the sound of Veda. Maybe, but the native language of Shankaracharya was probably Malayalam. Malayalam is the principal language of the South Indian state of Kerala. To subscribe, send a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought to have been born somewhere in the southern parts of India. Kerala If that's the case, I wonder how likely it is that his native language was one of the Dravidian

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: In my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought to have been born somewhere in the southern parts of India. Kerala If that's the case, I