http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/ Dravidian Philosophy Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:15:22 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39487 10   The Metaphysics of PraNayama   Let me begin by saying that I have not practiced any kind of Yoga at all except deep metaphysical thinking centering on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:29:18 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39486 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39486   9   The Metaphysics of  Deep Sleep-2   At the risk of being a bit repetitious let me recall now  the kinds of sleep substitutes I enjoyed when the Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:36:01 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39485 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39485   The Basics of Dravidian Sociology 1. The essence of Dravidian Sociology was already well outlined in SumeroTamil literature as I have already pointed out in Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:54:48 GMT Arul T http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39484 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39484     QUOTE The same words Homo Hierarchicus and Aequalis, terms used by Dumont can also be used in a slighly different sense for describing the Dravidian Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:49:34 GMT Nila Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39483 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39483 வாழ்க்கையின் விடை தெரியா நிகழ்வுகளுக்குக் காரணம் பூர்வ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:30:57 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39482 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39482 Dear Arul   Before the end of the day I shall try to come up with an essay on Dravidian Sociology where while hierarchical differences among people are noted Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:32:49 GMT Arul T http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39481 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39481   This may be added to the earlier list of relevant posts / threads:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akandabaratam/message/43284   The Vedas and Varna   Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:08:25 GMT Arul T http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39480 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39480     Dear Dr Loga   1.  'Homo heirarchicus' is Dumont's coinage to characterise the Hindu caste (varna) system.  It is not just any hierarchy, but Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:01:52 GMT Arul T http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39479 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39479     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GqmsZIwNkY&NR=1   Rajaraja Samadhi - dilapidated condition     The first Tamil Chakravarthi, The one who ruled the Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:43:41 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39478 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39478  Dear Rajan   I believe that we can understand Rig Veda and related literature properly only if we recover the SumeroTamil basis of the slokas. Yes the Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:12:05 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39477 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39477   The Dravidians have had a notion of Democracy that is alive to this day in the notion of  Ur Saba or Ur ManRam. We can see the beginnings of this in Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:37:28 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39476 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39476 Dear AruL   Thank-you. I forgot to mention that while Dravidian sociology is Homo Hierarchicus quite undeniably where the SanRoon , the Sumerian Ursag was Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:51:09 GMT Arul T http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39475 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39475   Louis Dumont Homo Hierarchicus The Caste System and Its Implications     Complete English edition, revised 540 pages,     © 1970, 1980 Series: Nature Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:21:53 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39474 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39474 Rig Veda 1:7 Dhosa Vastar Dhiya Vayam- 3 (Final)   The continuos presence and influence of Rig Vedic hymns in the Tamil mind  and the regeneration of the Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:29:15 GMT K. Loganathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39473 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meykandar/message/39473 Dear AruL   I am putting forward some ideas for the attention of the scholars in this forum   1. While certainly the evil and criminal VarNasrama Dharma is