Guest guest Posted September 4, 1998 Report Share Posted September 4, 1998 >> Anna means "food" Someone started the idea of not saying the prayer on >> a whim. > >I heard that "anna" also means "grains", and therefore it is inappropiate >to say the prayer on ekadasi. Or do you mean there is no harm in saying >it? Anna means 'grains' in Bengali just because FOOD and RICE are the synonyms:-) Ones sankirtan devotees has come back from a two weeks trip and said everything was nice, but we didn't get any food... What? We where eating something but there was no anna, no rice... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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