I always wondered what my name meant! (The "s" is really halfway between an "s" and an "sh" in English - Sanskrit and most other Indian languages have three sounds where we have two, and this one is supposed to be the one in the middle. Similarly, the "w" is really halfway between a "w" and a "v" - most Indian languages have only one sound where we have two. The initial vowel can be spelled as "I" or "E" or "Ea" or "Ee". And I think there are many words where the "a" or "an" ending are just alternates in different dialects.)
Also, with these "parallels" between Hinduism and quantum physics, are you just joking? These seem to be parallels on the level that people might use in books like "The Tao of Physics" and so on, but it doesn't seem to me that it captures at all the relevant interest of the physical concepts.
Also, I find it interesting that in all these interpretations it always seems like Brahma or Brahman is the most important deity, and yet in practice the biggest cults in India seem to be the cult of Shiva and the cult of Vishnu.
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Date: 2010-09-14 05:06 pm (UTC)Also, with these "parallels" between Hinduism and quantum physics, are you just joking? These seem to be parallels on the level that people might use in books like "The Tao of Physics" and so on, but it doesn't seem to me that it captures at all the relevant interest of the physical concepts.
Also, I find it interesting that in all these interpretations it always seems like Brahma or Brahman is the most important deity, and yet in practice the biggest cults in India seem to be the cult of Shiva and the cult of Vishnu.