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Hello,

 

It's me Bill again, with one of my pesky questions.

 

When I read about different gods, I sometimes see a Sri or Shri

before their names. What does this mean and when would one use Sri or

Shri or are they interchangeable? I know that when things are put

into English letters they might be written different ways. I have

seen Murugan's name written Murukan before. And I have seen Hindu as

Hindoo too. So, are Sri and Shri the same or different, and when are

they used?

 

Also, can someone explain to me the addition of ji or i on the end of

certain names. Sometimes I will see this and it seems almost like a

signal of devotion. For instance, in Brasil you might say Ricardinho

instead of just Ricardo. Or in Spanish I have seen them say Miguelito

instead of Miguel. My name is Bill, but some people might say Billy.

I am asking this about Rajat too. Since he is often Rajaty-Boy to SY.

It's a cute kind of thing. But do these -ji and -i endings which

suddenly appear on normal names indicate this or something else?

 

Thanks, Bill

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> When I read about different gods, I sometimes see a Sri or Shri

> before their names. What does this mean and when would one use Sri

or

> Shri or are they interchangeable?

I think some one answered this before. Yes Sh and S are

interchangable. The thing is when it is written in sanskrit the "S"

sound when written in english sometimes has a mark put over the S

this is really pronounces in English as SH. I had some replies from

my homepage from non-Indians saying I spelled Shiva wrong cause on my

homepage I had spelled it Siva, but both Shiva and Siva is right, but

it is pronounced SHiva and not Siva (like S in Sam.) As for Shri,

some people in south India were also saying stri. I found that odd.

So they said STri and not Shri, so instead of the H they used T.

 

I know that when things are put

> into English letters they might be written different ways. I have

> seen Murugan's name written Murukan before. And I have seen Hindu

as

> Hindoo too. So, are Sri and Shri the same or different, and when

are

> they used?

I would think Murugan is also spelled Murukan if you are reading a

Tamil book. In Tamil the character used for K and G are the same. It

gets really confusing, cause this character is also used for H as

well. Tamil has an H character but it is borrowed from sanskrit, so

many people don't really know it. It is used though. So I knew a guy

named Mahesh, some say Magesh. So, the names Mahesh and Magesh are

the same as are Vignesh and Vinesh. I sometimes get annoyed when I

see translations like Hindoo and Saree though Sari is the same as

Saree

 

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> Also, can someone explain to me the addition of ji or i on the end

Yeah, ji means respect. Usually people would not add this to their

own names, but it is added by others to respect you. Like Gandhiji

is a famous one. I also have never heard of plain 'i' But some

others to show respect called elders aunty or uncle after their names

also.

 

Jennifer