[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-20 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
So, based on the evidence, the rite of the horse sacrifice probably originated in Europe somewhere in the Northern Caucasus (4000 BCE. Ratha is the Sanskrit name for chariot: cardemaister: Oh shucks! ...that modern humans were dispersing through southern Asia towards Australia

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-20 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: So, based on the evidence, the rite of the horse sacrifice probably originated in Europe somewhere in the Northern Caucasus (4000 BCE. Ratha is the Sanskrit name for chariot: cardemaister:

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-19 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
cardemaister: OMG: ashvamedha! So, the 'Ashvamedha', which is Sanskrit for 'horse sacrifice', is mentioned in Rig Veda 1.162-163. Gawd! Since there is no evidence for horses in pre-Vedic India, we can assume that horses were introduced into India by the Sanskrit speakers that migrated INTO

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-19 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: So, based on the evidence, the rite of the horse sacrifice probably originated in Europe somewhere in the Northern Caucasus (4000 BCE. Ratha is the Sanskrit name for chariot: Oh shucks! I believe in some