An interesting article in Cybernoon by Ruby Lilaowala, a well known columnist and writer, discusses Persian words in Hinduism especially in the Pre-Vedic and Vedic period. The article talks about similar words in Rig Veda and Zend Avesta and the Persian influence on various terms used in the Vedas.
Some of the important inferences in the article
- The word ‘Hindu’ is a Persian word coined by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century B.C. to describe people who lived beyond the
- The Persians were not able to pronounce ‘S’ and Sindhu (
- ‘Hoama’ in Zend Avesta became ‘Homa’ in Rig Veda.
- ‘Shudra’ in the Hindu caste system is from Persian ‘Hatoksha’, people who joined Persians on their travels.
- ‘Vaishya’ caste in Persian language was ‘Vastrayosh’, cattle herders.
- Persian ‘Veeg’ for seed became Sanskrit ‘beej.’
- ‘Ratheshwars’ were Persian warriors and this in Sanskrit became kshatriyas.
- ‘Ahurani’ was the Persian Goddess of water and Vedic was ‘Asurani.’
These similarities prove that we all evolved from the single source which Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism refers as Brahman.
2 comments:
Hi Abhi,
Just curious, why is it assumed (or is it?) that the flow was from Persia to India or Avesta to Rig Veda etc. Why can it not be stated the other way? Or evolution of words / phrases from constant interaction - trade and cultural?
I am not assuming for a moment that what is stated in the article is incorrect. All I was wondering was the process by which the "direction of flow" was identified.
Would you have any idea?
-Subhash
Yep, it is an interesting point. This particular article was primarily meant to discuss the article written by Ruby Lilaowala in Cybernoon. Ruby is talking about 6th century BC and it is a well known fact that Vedic period started thousand of years earlier.
I am a firm believer that there existed a full flourished culture in India especially in Central and South India even before so called arrival of Aryans. The concept of Shiva and Shakti is a part of this Dravidian culture and the Brahman concept and numerous other universal truths in Hinduism are the products of it.
Sadly not much study has been done into this aspect but on careful analysis of Hindu scriptures we will realize the existence of a unique culture before the arrival of Aryans. Just to illustrate the point – all the incarnations of Lord Vishnu worships Lord Shiva.
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