Meaning of Bharat

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Dear Friends: Please see message number 4 regarding petition for renaming

INDIA as BHARATA. The name BHARATA has the Vedic significance. Also, BHA

means Light of Spiritual knowledge and RATA means the people who are engaged

in the search of that light of Spiritual. In Aruna prashna, it says "

Agnimicchadhawam Bharataaha" which means Oh! Bharataas, Aspire and seek for

the fire of knowledge. Sriranga Smaranam, MG Prasad

 

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Tuesday, February 12, 2002 6:39 AM

[world-vedic] Digest Number 303

 

 

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> 1. Announcement

> "atulkrishnadas" <harekrishna

> 2. YES 2 YOGA:AN ONLINE RESOURCE

> Neela Ranganathan

> 3. True Superior Intelligence--Love Of God

> Raghunath Giuffre

> 4. Renaming India To Bharata Petition

> Bharat Petitioners

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> Message: 1

> Sun, 10 Feb 2002 01:37:14 -0000

> "atulkrishnadas" <harekrishna

> Announcement

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> Message: 2

> Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:00:53 -0000

> Neela Ranganathan

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> Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:08:12

> Raghunath Giuffre

> True Superior Intelligence--Love Of God

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> Message: 4

> Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:08:53 -0000

> Bharat Petitioners

> Renaming India To Bharata Petition

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> Renaming India To Bharata Petition

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> Petition to the Government of India to rename

> India to Bharata...

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> To the Government of India

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> The largest political, religious and military entity in South Asia is

> known internationally by the name of India. This was the name by

> which the entire region became known to the West. It is therefore

> consistent that it was the name given to the largest colony of the

> British Empire, until decolonisation from the middle of the last

> century. It is perhaps for this reason that one should reconsider the

> name by which this nation refers to itself. 'India' conjures up

> images of colonial hangover, with its integral inferiority complex.

> It in no way suggests a nation asserting itself, a nation on the

> brink of stepping from the developing to developed world, a potential

> superpower in the forthcoming millennium. A name change will enhance

> this newly found self-confidence; announce to the global community a

> nation reviving its ancient spirit, and remove the inferiority

> complex from the mind of its citizens.

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> On becoming a republic in 1950, India chose for itself the Hindi

> name 'Bharath' for private usage (adapted from one of the ancient

> kings of folk memory). The world continues to refer to Bharath as

> India. A name change to LBharataú the actual Sanskrit name of the

> ancient king would be in keeping with similar events elsewhere in the

> post-colonial world (Siam to Thailand, Ceylon to Sri Lanka, Rhodesia

> to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, Burma to Myanmar). India smacks of

> colonialism, a name foisted upon its unwilling inhabitants. The

> change to Bharata, a name by which the Bhartiyas have always known

> their land will change this, and greatly change the attitude of the

> global community in a more positive direction. Combined with the

> revival of Sanskrit as a national language, this will enhance its

> prestige among the international community. The example of Israel

> with Hebrew lies before us.

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> Sincerely,

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> The Undersigned

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> To sign the petition

> http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?i2B&1

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