To: TigerLikesRooster
As I suspected, the Lithuanian shared the name with another.
Considering the history of the Mar Thoma Christians in India, I have to wonder if there's anything other than a linguistic similarity in the names to tie this to Buddha.
16 posted on
06/24/2005 9:48:42 AM PDT by
FormerLib
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To: FormerLib
RE #16
That could be your next research project. Let me know if you take it up and finish it.:-)
To: FormerLib; TigerLikesRooster
Considering the history of the Mar Thoma Christians in India, I have to wonder if there's anything other than a linguistic similarity in the names to tie this to Buddha.The Mar Thoma Christians (as their name implies) use Imperial Aramaic (Syriac or Assyrian) in their liturgy, and of course there is the Scriptural king of Judah, Jehoshaphat, whose name in Aramaic is Ye'osaphat.
28 posted on
06/24/2005 12:03:21 PM PDT by
wideawake
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