--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 5:46 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > This is an example of what the caste system is *really* > > like, not what Maharishi and you present as an idealized > > picture of it. Maharishi's portrayal of what caste is all > > about in India today is as accurate as his portrayal of > > what life was like in India in Vedic times. > > > Actually what would happen--per design (i.e. the TMO city plans > posted) is to divide the reconstructed cities in quarters. > > Guess which quarter you and I *and* Judy would be in? > > Yep, you got it: the untouchable side of town. We're mlecchas.
Indeed. From Wikipedia: Mleccha (from Vedic Sanskrit म्लेच्छ mleccha, meaning "non-Aryan, barbarian") is a derogatory term for people who did not conform with conventional Hindu beliefs and practices. The term is not attested in the Vedas, but occurs for the first time in the late Vedic text Shatapatha Brahmana. The law giver Baudhâyana defines a Mleccha as someone "who eats meat [me] or indulges in self-contradictory statements [Barry] or is devoid of righteousness and purity of conduct [Vaj]."
