Actually the generic term for liquid is the same as for water! That is another digression in 'what is dharma?' The defining quality, that quality which upholds the identity of the entity. That is its dharma (धर्म) - defining quality. The words saritā (सरिता = river), sarovara (सरोवर = lake), sarī-sṛipa (सरी-सृप = reptiles), sarpa (सर्प = serpent) all have the same root - to flow. Why is the divinity of learning, knowledge called saraswatī - the name of a river, whose literal meaning is 'one with flow' Why is she called Kāmarūpiṇī ? Shouldn't that be Lakṣhmī लक्ष्मी - the divinity of prosperity?Ĭheck out the book Attitude Shift - Sanskrit Maxims for Contemporary Life and Leadership.ġ.
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