Registered: Jul 2002
Location: close to boston, USA
I think I figured out what PVD and BT's song "Namista" means
After doing a lot of searching on the web and trying to translate, I basically found a site from someone's speech to a church. At the end they say what Namista means... here's an exerpt...
"Buddhists have one word for the thousands I have written here. It is a greeting which takes the place of "hello." It’s not a handshake. It does not invade the other person’s space with physical contact. It’s the folding of the hands for prayer in front of one’s own solar plexis. It’s a nod of the head in recognition of the other. It’s the uttering of one single word…
"Namista."
It means, "The God inside me greets the God inside you."
So simple.
So complex. "
I thought that was pretty neat. Just wanted to share it with everyone.
Mar-31-2003 05:30
Konijn
Subverting Paradigms
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: New York City
Makes sense--I've also seen that song as Namistai/Namaste, the derivative Sanscrit/Hindi word for greeting
Namistai is a Sanskrit word that means "I bow to the divine in you." It is a greeting, a welcome, an invitation to communicate.
Mar-31-2003 13:06
victor
P A R T YY? coz we gotta!
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Montréal
hahahahahahahahahaha
ROTFL
i could have told u guys that!!!!
hahahaha,... should've just asked...
anyways... there are a lot more cool sanskrit words out there...
Mar-31-2003 16:32
SYNthSRI
ADDiCTED ² MELODY
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: NYC
quote:
Originally posted by victor
hahahahahahahahahaha
ROTFL
i could have told u guys that!!!!
hahahaha,... should've just asked...
anyways... there are a lot more cool sanskrit words out there...
why is it funny? People aren't psychic to know what others on this board know. I too know what "namistai" means as well as various other sanskrit words (my name being one of them), nothing to boast there. To know why BT had chosen that particular word for the track would be nice to know tho.
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Mar-31-2003 17:00
victor
P A R T YY? coz we gotta!
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Montréal
dunno man i just found it funny...
it's like a foreigner finally getting to know the meaning of "hello" ...
and u've been saying hello for how many years now???
thats why i found it funny... anyways.. like i said... there are lots more to discover!!!
cheers!!!
Mar-31-2003 18:24
XxremedyxX
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond, Virginia
quote:
Namistai is a Sanskrit word that means "I bow to the divine in you." It is a greeting, a welcome, an invitation to communicate.
Which basically means "The God inside me greets the God inside you"
