Maybe not in Kerala but an older news report showed women in some
villages (in punjab iirc) saying they were being purchased as brides
as their economic condition didnt permit a fat dowry. These women,
from different northern and eastern states, spoke of how the men
didnt mind marrying
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 23:01, Deepa Mohanmohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Never with the honorificby the way, Shakuni was the brother of the
blindfolded ladyshe was called Gandhari..from the land of
Gandhar...Khandahar in Afghanistan, I think! It was his ambition on behalf
of his nephew
the protagonists in the movie salam namaste were, etc While
Draupadi came to mind during the discussion, here, it was certainly
strange to hear women participants on the show, already in a live-in
relationship (hence strong individuals un-fettered by society's
definition of morality)
2009/8/23 lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com
the protagonists in the movie salam namaste were, etc While
Draupadi came to mind during the discussion, here, it was certainly
strange to hear women participants on the show, already in a live-in
relationship (hence strong individuals
I might have too, but I've never been married,
so I can't say for sure.
To eat the ladoo or not is the question (that has perplexed
a lot of generation).
I suggest you list out all the pros and cons. Give each of them a few points
based on your own priorities.
Add up the points for pros and
I think kanishtha means younger daughter. Jyeshtha means elder. So, it would
also work for sister. But Bhagini seems more appropriate.. From whatever I
remember from 10th standard mugging. :)
Sruthi Krishnan [09/08/09 15:24 +0530]:
I think kanishtha means younger daughter. Jyeshtha means elder. So, it would
also work for sister. But Bhagini seems more appropriate.. From whatever I
remember from 10th standard mugging. :)
jyeshta and ganishta are just elder and younger. no gender or
Kanishth would be male and kanishth(a) would be female. So there would be
gender info there. Bhagini is wife..you are right, it translates to sharer,
which makes more sense for wife...
It was just that this fact about the sister
not being referred to, that struck me,
That guy Shakooni had that blindfold lady ...right?
You mean he never spoke to her?
Lukhman.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:42 PM, lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.comwrote:
It was just that this fact about the sister
not being referred to, that struck me,
That guy Shakooni had that blindfold lady ...right?
You mean he never spoke to her?
Never with the honorificby the way,
--- On Sun, 9/8/09, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Sunday, 9 August, 2009, 11:01 PM
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:42 PM,
lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.comwrote
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 19:57, Deepa Mohanmohande...@gmail.com wrote:
mode of address for them...there was Aryaputra for husband, thAthshree
for grandfather, mAtAshree, and even bhrAtAshreebut nothing for
sisters. So I dug a little into Sanskrit, and only got the word bhagini
for
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:06 PM, . svaks...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 19:57, Deepa
Mohanmohande...@gmail.comohande...@gmail.com
0. anti (f) an elder sister
Oh, I have never head this before.
1. antikA (f) an elder sister in theatrical language - perhaps a
corruption
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 8:19 AM, lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com wrote:
You sound as if you give a lot of importance to the TV series MB.
As if every dialogue spoken there had a life and death importance
Well, neither statement is correct.
It was just that this fact about the sister
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 00:03, Deepa Mohanmohande...@gmail.com wrote:
sahOdari is sister, sahOdara is brother...and sOdari is the telugu version
of sahOdari
So kannada and telugu share similar words. Interesting. Can you throw
light on the missing consonant H - how sahodara became sodara?
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 07:39:01AM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Jeremy Bornstein jer...@jeremy.org wrote:
Maritigenesis.
Origin of husbands?
More like creation--on the theory that creating a husband is the
opposite of ending a wife.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jeremy Bornstein jer...@jeremy.org wrote:
More like creation--on the theory that creating a husband is the
opposite of ending a wife.
hmbut isn't marriage the creation of both a husband and a wife, Jeremy?
Deepa.
2009/8/7 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
More like creation--on the theory that creating a husband is the
opposite of ending a wife.
hmbut isn't marriage the creation of both a husband and a wife, Jeremy?
See, I was right all along.
Ram
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 07:30:01PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jeremy Bornstein jer...@jeremy.org wrote:
More like creation--on the theory that creating a husband is the
opposite of ending a wife.
hmbut isn't marriage the creation of both a husband
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Jeremy Bornstein jer...@jeremy.org wrote:
Sure, but the Latin word maritus means both, and I do not think
there is a Latin word which means husband only and not
marriage--even conjugium can mean either.
HmmI found a similar situation when, watching the
--- On Fri, 7/8/09, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Friday, 7 August, 2009, 7:57 PM
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM,
Jeremy Bornstein jer...@jeremy.org
wrote
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote:
What on earth do you mean?
I mean, I want any other Latin or Sanskrit roots for the word sister.
In which language?
Those.
--- On Fri, 7/8/09, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Friday, 7 August, 2009, 8:58 PM
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:27 PM,
Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote:
Why, what have you got against 'Adelphe'?
I googled that...and the first link was:
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Adelphe
means brotherand it's obviously a variant of Hitler's name,
toohumph, to
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Saturday, 8 August, 2009, 12:07 AM
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:46 PM,
Indrajit Gupta bonoba
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote:
That would be 'adelphos' and 'adelphe'. ;-)
Beg to differ here's what the boy's name site says:
The boy's name *Adelphe*
*\a-del-phehttp://www.thinkbabynames.com/ending/1/phe,
ad
--- On Thu, 6/8/09, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 10:45 AM
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And
don't
On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 01:24:14AM +0530, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
Oh, no, here you go again!
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
--
Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org
On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 12:44:48PM +0530, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
--- On Thu, 6/8/09, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that
wives don't murder their husbands, I've come close to
On Friday 07 Aug 2009 7:39:01 am Deepa Mohan wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Jeremy Bornstein jer...@jeremy.org wrote:
Maritigenesis.
Origin of husbands?
Deepa.
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/b/bridgetjonesdiarylyrics/itsrainingmenlyrics.html
And if you want to listen
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Deepa.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Mariticide
--
Sumant Srivathsan
http://sumants.blogspot.com
2009/8/5 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Marriage
Ram
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Thanks Sumant! I'd only got as far as the Latin root, Maritus, for
husband, and not got the word! :)
I went to the fount of all knowledge (Wikipedia, of course), and in the
entry for uxoricide, there's a Related Article called 'Mariticide'. :)
--
Sumant Srivathsan
--- On Wed, 5/8/09, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Wednesday, 5 August, 2009, 11:42 PM
Thanks Sumant! I'd only got as far as the Latin root, Maritus
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote:
I still prefer Ram's version.
What's the word for murder of friend on a mailing list?
Deepa.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Sumant Srivathsansuma...@gmail.com wrote:
I still prefer Ram's version.
I might have too, but I've never been married, so I can't say for sure.
To eat the ladoo or not is the question (that has perplexed a lot of
generation).
-- Vinayak
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Deepa Mohanmohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.inwrote:
I still prefer Ram's version.
What's the word for murder of friend on a mailing list?
Top posting?
Thaths
--
You'll have to speak up, I'm
Oh, no, here you go again!
--- On Thu, 6/8/09, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Thaths tha...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 1:19 AM
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM,
Deepa Mohanmohande...@gmail.com
On Wednesday 05 Aug 2009 11:04:31 pm Sumant Srivathsan wrote:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Mariticide
Ah -
--- On Thu, 6/8/09, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
From: ss cybers...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 6:57 AM
On Wednesday 05 Aug 2009 11:04:31 pm
Sumant Srivathsan wrote:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:00
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Mariticide
Pesticide.
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