--- In [email protected], "John" <jr_...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], grate.swan <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > I have always wondered what beauty is. Why are we attracted to
> > something beautiful and less to something plain. What are the
> > attribute of beauty and its inner essence? Why is one particular woman
> > in Home Depot or Nordstroms attactive and another not so much.
>
> In jyotish, a person with a strong Venus influence would be attractive
> and beautiful to the opposite sex. In Sanskrit, Venus is translated to
> sukra or "semen". So, there you have it, a very quick and easy way to
> understanding the question in mind.
>
Well, <cough>, the primary meaning of 'shukra' is 'bright',
from 'shuc', 'to shine':
zukra a. clear, bright, pure, white. -- m. fire or the god of fire,
the planet Venus, a cert. cup of Soma ({ñgraha}), N. of sev. men. n.
brightness, purity; water, Soma, juice i.g., semen virile.
zuc, zocati, -te (zucyati 1 & {zociti}) flame, light, shine, glow,
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