PMVA to CLL
Greetings
Eric Christopherson wrote:
> [...]
> > buddhism: how do you pronounce "buddha" in it's original language? do
> > buddhists call themselves the equivalent of "buddh-ists" in the original
> > language? is there an original language of buddhism? (you can see i
> > don't know that much about buddhism)
>
> Buddhism originated out of Hinduism, thus its original language was
> Sanskrit. I believe Pali is also important in Buddhism.
Sure, Pali was the liturgic language of the south buddism _hi-naya-na_, based
on a west dialect that was native to Buddha.
> I'm not sure
> how to say "Buddhist" or "Buddhism" in Sanskrit, but "Buddha" is a
> Sanskrit word meaning "enlightened" and pronounced /'bud.d_ha/.
> Actually, I'm thinking the declined noun would have been *Buddhah.*
> /'bud.d_hah/, where 'h.' is an h with a dot under it. I don't THINK
> the a is long, but I'm not sure. Anyone else?
Sanskrit _buddha(h.)_ [budd_ha(h)] means 'awaken', _bauddha(h.)_ [bawdd_ha(h)]
'buddist'.
> > hinduism: pretty much the same questions as about buddhism
>
> I believe "Hindu" is an Arabic word, derived from "Hind," India. Can't
> say much more than that, but Hinduism also uses/used Sanskrit.
Sanskrit _sindhu_ 'river; river Indus; country by the river' > Akhemenid
Persian _hindu_ 'Indian provinces of the Akhemenid Empire' > Ionian Greek
_indoi_ > Latin _india_.
> > shinto: (same)
>
> Japanese. I believe it means "the way of the kami [nature spirits or
> gods]." Roughly /'Sin.tou/.
>
> > wicca: is it pronounced /'wI k@/ ?
>
> It seems to be today, but I'm not sure about the Old English.
What's "wicca"?