--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2005, at 11:19 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >>> Friend of mine wants to know "the term used to describe the wave of > >>> energy that travels just ahead of sunrise to help kickstart > > creation > >>> for the day. It's 'nederswam,' or some such thing." > >>> > >>> He thinks it may be Sanskrit. Any idea what the term is? > >> > >> navaswan - but I have no idea of the spelling - Cardmeister? > >> > >> JohnY > > > > Can't figure out what it could be; 'nava' means either 'new' or > > 'nine', 'svan'(swan) means 'sound'(voice), etc. > > It ain't in Monier-Williams...
Found on the web: " It is the time of day that East Indians call Navasvan (Newself); the gap between dark and dawn, when many realms overlap. It is the Hour of creation within creation, also called the hour of Brahma, the Creator." http://www.mouthofgod.net/book/chapter_1.html Otherwise, like Eki says: NAVA, "new"=Gr. NEOS=L. NOVUS (NOVELTY, NOVICE, INNOVATE, RENOVATE; NAPLES/NAPOLI [Italy]: neos + polis, "city") SVAN, "to sound" (SONAR, SONI; SWAN, the bird [sic]) http://www.mouthofgod.net/book/chapter_1.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
