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Originally posted by: Sandhya.A
Sanskrit is such an intriguing and complex and beautiful language that a single word can be interpreted in many ways. 'Emerged' need not mean emerged per se. I think the sentence more deals with the nature of the work. Brahmins - thinking so head, Kshatriyas protection so arms, Vaishyas trade and travel so thighs and Shudras the manual work so feet.And we cannot view or judge things by current standards. Like polygamy it was the order of those days with its pluses and minuses. The biggest minus was that it paved way for awful social discrimination. Just because it assumed evil proportions later its origins cannot be condemned. It is like blaming Dalton for Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
True that. Sanskrit is a very layered language. For example the word Brahmana has the synonym Dwija, meaning twice born. Now how many Bramhins can claim to be twice born (or realised souls)? Over a period of time, the complexity and lack of understanding of the language has caused several misinterpretations and misrepresentations.
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