humor

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> > In Ayurveda and derived ancient Greek medicine it refers to bodily

> > 'fluids', i.e. constituents (doshas).

> >

>

> Word 'humor' also reffers to 'mood' or 'temper' (characteristic

> state of feeling). I'd say in connection to relationships, this

> meaning may be more appropriate. I don't see how bodily fluids

> (doshas) would fit into five relations between Krsna and soul, no

> matter how affectionate those fluids may be (affectionate humors).

>

 

My understanding is that the medical meaning (as dosha) is an origin

of 'mood' and 'temper' (ultimately 'rasa'). Here it's confirmed:

 

# S: (n) humor, humour ((Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the

body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and

physical state) "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black

bile"

 

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=humor

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Your servant, bh. Jan

 

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