Max Muller's first volume of the Rig-Veda, published by OUP, had a second
title page in Sanskrit where he sanskrtized the names of Germany, Oxford and
himself as:
Sharmanya Desha (The Brahminic Country)
Ukshatarana (ford of the Ox)
Bhatta Moksha Mulara (the learned Moksha Mulara)

abhishek

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:54 AM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 19 Jun 2008 8:33:10 am Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote:
> > Indian companies in the Middle East use this to their advantage. There
> > are a bunch of (mostly Brit) aging expats who have invested in good
> > suits, and are hired to take along to meetings.
>
> Ages ago - a Mr.Tambe - (a pukka Maharashtrian name pronounced "Tah'mbay")
> renamed his consultancy service "Tom and Bay" and apparently benefited a
> great deal from this.
>
> shiv
>
>


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