Wiki Trails: From Ramayana to Hinduism
Since starting Ramayana, I have been very curious about this story and the history of it. I decided checkout the Wikipedia article to learn more information about it.
Since I love linguistics, I found myself drawn to the etymology section It didn't have much to say, but it mentioned the word was a Tatpurusha compound of Rama. I had never heard of Tatpurusha, so I clicked that article.
This article discussed this specific type of compound in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is such a fascinating language and I'm really excited that I'll have the opportunity to learn so many pieces of it this semester. In this particular article, there were many examples, one that caught my eye was viṣṇu-bali which means 'offereing to Vishnu.' I was curious to learn more about Vishnu since he is mentioned in Ramayana, so I followed this link.
While reading this article and learning more about Vishnu, I discovered that I really don't know that much about Hinduism, so I clicked on this page to try and learn more.
I wish I had studied more about Hinduism before, because this religion is such rich and complex. I am excited to read more about it as I read more of the epics for this class.
Since I love linguistics, I found myself drawn to the etymology section It didn't have much to say, but it mentioned the word was a Tatpurusha compound of Rama. I had never heard of Tatpurusha, so I clicked that article.
This article discussed this specific type of compound in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is such a fascinating language and I'm really excited that I'll have the opportunity to learn so many pieces of it this semester. In this particular article, there were many examples, one that caught my eye was viṣṇu-bali which means 'offereing to Vishnu.' I was curious to learn more about Vishnu since he is mentioned in Ramayana, so I followed this link.
While reading this article and learning more about Vishnu, I discovered that I really don't know that much about Hinduism, so I clicked on this page to try and learn more.
I wish I had studied more about Hinduism before, because this religion is such rich and complex. I am excited to read more about it as I read more of the epics for this class.
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