RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation? Euphedra

[mark robert]

From: akasha_108 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:10 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation? Euphedra   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If so, you are definitely suggesting > > links to Soma. I mean, the Rig Veda is/was the origin of the > > word. No other definition of Soma that came later could possibly > > be more accurate. I am not sure why oldest is best. It may be. But I would think any direct account of its use or creation would be useful. Are you under the impression that Soma only existed in Rig Veda times? I don't know that it did or did not, though I speculate that it has been formulated in its outer form at various times through the ages. ------------------   Akasha,   Oldest is best when it comes to trying to understand the original meaning of a word. Reasonably, the oldest appearance of the word would be the closest a researcher could come to discovering its original definition. I am under the impression that the word “Soma” first appeared in the Rig Veda. Am I wrong (with my chronology)? Is not the Rig the oldest Veda? Did “Soma” appear before then? If so, in what text(s)?   As far as whether the substance Soma pre-dated the word Soma, I would imagine it did. But that gets us nowhere in our search for the identification of it.      -Mark   To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.