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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:16:37 +0800
Subject: Re: [agathiyar] Re: Thirumandhiram poem
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At 12:13 PM 3/22/02 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Are they not the same? In old english, we write today's old as "olde".
>cast away: segregation: caste
>
>Regards,
>N. Ganesan
They are not the same.
'Caste' is derived from the Latin word - 'castus' which
means 'unmixed, pure'. It passed into Portuguese as 'casta' -
which means 'breed, race'.
'Cast' comes from Old Nordic word 'kasta' - which means
'to throw'.
Regards
JayBee
>
>--- In agathiyar@y..., Los Angeles Ram
>> My dear JB,
>>
>> A small typo has crept in in your email. It should be
>> 'cast' and not caste, at the end.
>>
>> Just didn't want anyone to start another round of
>> caste fights! ;-)
>>
>> LA Ram
>>
>> --- jaybee
>> >
>> > Dear Friends,
>> >
>> > A translation of the Thirumandhiram poem that was
>> > cited by Java PNKumar, a few days ago.
>> > From the Forumhub:
>> >
>> > From: JayBee (@ glg-cache9.jaring.my) on: Thu Dec 23
>> > 03:35:26
>> >
>> >
>> > Here's another beautiful one from
>> > Thirumandhiram .
>> >
>> > ஊரெல்லாம் கூடி, உரக்க அழுதிட்டுப்,
>> > பேரினை நீக்கிப் பிணமென்று பேரிட்டுச்,
>> > சூரையங் காட்டிடைக் கொண்டுபோய்ச் சுட்டிட்டும்
>> > நீரினில் மூழ்கி, நினைப்பொழிந் தார்களே!
>> >
>> > After collectively wailing aloud in mourning ,
>> > they removed the name and called it 'the
>> > corpse';
>> > they took it to the cremetorial ground and
>> > burned it;
>> > having done it, they dipped themselves in the
>> > water,
>> > and caste away all memories.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > JayBee
>> >
>> > =========================================
>
