On 7/13/07, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
My point is that till the RSS raised its ugly head, Hindu fanatics were unheard of. There were no holy wars with other religions. Yes, the caste
There is plentyof hindu literature to suggest the opposite. Examples (described with great relish) can be found from the texts of the 63 nayanar saints of tamil nadu. there are plenty of examples in these scriptures of a nayanar defeating a jain saint in debate, and of the king converting to hinduism, and immediately putting to death all jain adherents in the kingdom... (usually by running them over with elephants...). since religious mythology is being dressed up in a historical outfit, i find it strange that you dismissed it a purely professional division...when the bhagavata puranas suggest the opposite... Parasurama, the incarnation of vishnu (the one before rama...) took on a "personal jihad" to rid the world of kshatriyas...an ethnic cleansing of sorts for mere "professional differences" (this coming from a pretty ancient source of "history"...)... ashok
