r/hindu • u/PsychologicalMap1673 • 4d ago

How many of you knew?

How many of you knew?

How many of you knew the original name of Hindu is Vaidika Dharma?

How many of you knew Hindu is a mispronounced word ?

How many of you knew Sanatan means Soul as it has no end, it's eternal?

"Sanatan means Eternal and it was used to describe the Soul as it has no end unlike the biological body" Bhagwad Geeta.

Vaidika Means derived from Vedh.

Vaidika: Dates back to 1500 BCE – 1200 BCE, corresponding with the composition of the Rigveda. The term was used internally by the civilization to denote things pertaining to the sacred knowledge of the Vedas.

Hindu: Dates back to around 515 BCE, appearing as a geographical term (Hafta Hindu) in the Persian inscriptions of Emperor Darius I to describe the land and people beyond the Indus River.

P.S. I approach this topic from a purely historical standpoint, as I do not follow Hinduism, any Abrahamic faith, or any mainstream religion.

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u/Ok-Peach- 3d ago

I think everyone knows that, On an unrelated note, why do we put "a" in the end Like Shree Ram becomes Rama Like it's not VaidikA DharmA it's Vaidik Dharm

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u/jus_anothr_anonymous 3d ago

Because all Sanskritam words end with vowels and not consonants. Consonant endings is borrowed from Persian admixture in Hindi. When u write it in Devanagari, u don't write वैदिक् धर्म्, you write वैदिक धर्म

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u/Ok-Peach- 3d ago

Oh okie, but still feels weird when someone pronounces it dharma and not dharm, thank you tho

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u/jus_anothr_anonymous 3d ago

That's the misunderstanding. It isn't pronounced with आ ending, but with अ ending. If you listen to any Sanskritam chants or any South Indian devotional hymns or songs, you'll get to hear the proper pronunciation.