Originally posted by: -Shruti
Lolzz! StarBhishma can never be Bhishma, he forgets his oaths every now and then. Being emotional fits the bill perfectly but walking out and protesting despite of his commitments! Uff!
What's the meaning of his name then?
His name means He of the Terrible Oath (wait! before you pull that "I am Shruti - Bhishma greatest fan - how dare you tell me what his name means" on me, hear me out) ...
Well StarBhishma is a bit tricky to understand since there is no meaning to the prefix "star" .. however we can all agree that "astro" has something to do with stars right (astrophysics for example).
But lets rearrange that word like SP has rearranged Bhishma's character... Astro becomes Roast. Roast can mean something thats been over the fire or oven for a while (roasted KaJus) or it can mean to scold or severely reprimand. It's obvious that definition 1 isn't applicable so definition 2 it is. But wait, this show is targeted towards teens and the youth -- they won't know the second meaning of Roast so we have no choice but to ignore definition 2. Hmm... this is problem. We need to communicate on terms of the teens and youth, so we turn to the language they are most familiar with -- slang.
Interesting, Roast (in slang terms) means to humorously mock or humiliate someone with a well-timed joke, diss or comeback. Making fun of or ridiculing to put it in simpler terms.
So so far we have the words Astro and Roast from the word Star, which as we all know is a short hand form of StarBharat.
So what does StarBhishma mean?
StarBharat, a group of extraterrestrial creatures, wanted to make fun of / ridicule the wonderful grandsire of the Mahabharata and thus, StarBhishma was born -- he of the terribly humorous vow.
Edited by shyam09 - 11 years ago