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| :I am unable to understand what you said. 'undue emphasis' is a discrepancy from what? But I think I must mention that translating Hindu concepts into English is a bit tricky and results in sentences that don't convey to a Westerner exactly what the author had in his/her mind. | :I am unable to understand what you said. 'undue emphasis' is a discrepancy from what? But I think I must mention that translating Hindu concepts into English is a bit tricky and results in sentences that don't convey to a Westerner exactly what the author had in his/her mind. | ||
| ::Well obviously there would be a hundred and fifty versions of each myth floating around, wouldn't there? So what has currency today might have been unknown to an earlier source. Anyway I think "translating Hindu concepts into English is a bit tricky" is nonsense. -- ] | |||
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Hi Paddu... welcome to Misplaced Pages!
Re: Hindu mythology, I've found that a lot of the pages (many of them created by Tokerboy) include information that is drawn from various ancient texts, and so may place undue emphasis on aspects of mythological figures that are unfamiliar to modern Hindus, but that may nevertheless be perfectly valid (I haven't read all the Puranas, so I can hardly verify). I don't know how to resolve this discrepancy, but you should be aware of it. Graft
- I am unable to understand what you said. 'undue emphasis' is a discrepancy from what? But I think I must mention that translating Hindu concepts into English is a bit tricky and results in sentences that don't convey to a Westerner exactly what the author had in his/her mind.
- Well obviously there would be a hundred and fifty versions of each myth floating around, wouldn't there? So what has currency today might have been unknown to an earlier source. Anyway I think "translating Hindu concepts into English is a bit tricky" is nonsense. -- Arvindn