Topic started by Dr. Naren, Ph. D. (@ 64.124.150.138.safeweb.com) on Sat Oct 27 00:32:44 .
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Is there a word other than 'Poojyam' (which is Sanskrit) for zero in Tamil?

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• From: Zeroborrowed (@ dialup-209.245.112.203.dial1.weehawken1.level3.net) on: Mon Jan 6 07:15:17
  
  So Zero came from Tamil "chuzhi"
  
  
• From: AlwaysRight (@ 203.155.35.89) on: Mon Jan 6 10:43:41
  
  yaru sonnadhu..?! In FH-Tamil therez an equivalent word for Zero...itz 'Kri'shit'na'..
  
  
• From: Krishna (@ cache-dr10.proxy.aol.com) on: Tue Jan 7 11:51:16
  
  Folks:
  
  Agree with Shitarth that Dravidians do not need a zero.. that title has been already given to Sithartha Iyer(= "0").
  
  
• From: krishna (@ cache-dr10.proxy.aol.com) on: Tue Jan 7 11:53:32
  
  Hi Always Idiot:
  
  What a surprise a small correction...
  
  that title has been already given to mummurthy muttalkal Sithartha Iyer / Always Idiot Iyer / Assholk Iyer(= "0").
  
  
• From: AlwaysRight (@ 203.155.35.89) on: Wed Jan 8 09:01:56
  
  dhodaaa...unmaya sonna kobam pothukittu varudhudaa...hehe
  
  
• From: King (@ 212.72.2.197) on: Thu Feb 6 11:18:18
  
  since the discussion has already moved away from the original topic, Tamil is indeed the mother of Sanskrit. Sanskrit is only a transliteration of Tamil. The very term Sanskrit (Samaskritam)
  Samacha Kritam- cooked+lang(not spoken but written)
  This kritam was created by the ancient tamils for the aryan nomads who entered India in ancient times. This kritham was created to educate the illiterate aryan nomads who entered the country in search of green pastures. Sanskri was not a language brought by the aryans into India, but a lang devised by the Tamilians for them, to give them the basic knowledge of the vedas
  
  
• From: thamizh pundit (@ d207-216-24-98.bchsia.telus.net) on: Fri Apr 9 19:21:12
  
  SaYvar is the tamil word for zero
  
  
• From: Danny (@ 12-217-12-110.client.mchsi.com) on: Fri Apr 9 19:31:33 EDT 2004
  
  cipher is an english word. 'ondrum illai' means nothing which is closer to zero.
  
  
• From: Nedunchezhiyan (@ 142.76.1.62) on: Thu Apr 15 09:45:49 EDT 2004
  
  neerchulh(zh)i etc..contain the word chulh(zh)i, chulh(zh)i is the equivalent word for zero. Saivar is not Thamizh word it's an European root!
  
  
• From: Idiappam (@ cache138.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Fri Apr 16 23:14:12 EDT 2004
  
  Look harder, get a fat dictionary! The tamil word for zero is there. 'chuzhi' is one. 'cunnam' is given in Cennai University Tamil Lexicon.
  
  cunnam - on loan to Sanskrit where it was 'mutilated' to become 'soonya(m)'!
  
  Related and derivated and root words in Tamil exists! Need some?
  
  
• From: Gogiya (@ 57.73.12.98) on: Fri Apr 23 01:03:48 EDT 2004
  
  "pugziyam" Also tamil for Zero.
  
  
• From: shankker kumar (@ dialpool-210-214-245-217.maa.sify.net) on: Mon Dec 6 01:23:20
  
  this is totally waste
  
  
• From: davie (@ cim-dell10.cim.utep.edu) on: Tue Dec 7 20:48:41 EST 2004
  
  jajaja
  
  
• From: NRI (@ ess-p-144-138-204-62.mega.tmns.net.au) on: Tue Jan 11 03:29:30
  
  tamil has a much longer history than sanskrit. So logically speaking, zero should have definitly exited in tamil. Since India invented the number zero, we should be able to check the invention date, and compare the same with the dates the aryans invaded(oops sorry) colonised India. Even in this case it may not be very accurate to decipher whether zero was from tamil or sanskrit, because the brahmins are and were very well noted for including other findings into its own stream as its own inventions. A classic example of what I am saying is "YOGA". Yoga was not invented by a brahmin. It was the great Pantanjali who invented it, and then the addons of transcendental medetation and so on and so forth was a latter addition by the brahmins, who later claimed that it was from the brahmins. Another classc example is Siddha medicine. All the siddhis were in no way connected to brahminism. but if you check the records of litrature, it says that they were brahmin. there are many more guys....so stop talking rudly, but engage in a constructive discussion and bring to light many more things which are changed to siut some minority groups.
  
  
• From: anand (@ illchn-static-203.199.245.1.vsnl.net.in) on: Wed Jan 12 03:52:24 EST 2005
  
  When I saw the topic title, I thot for a moment, that at last someone has started a thread that is not anti brahmin.
  
  Alas! I was mistaken. There is no word for poojyam in tamil because of some brahmin conspiracy.
  
  Right, NRI, nedunchezhiya, davie & the like?
  
  I suggest U guys start a topic "All the evil in the world is due to brahmins". Here, U can pour all your filth & venom in one place itself instead of jumping from one topic to another.
  
  Saves time, right?
  
  
• From: NRI (@ ess-p-144-138-206-29.mega.tmns.net.au) on: Sun Jan 16 23:34:56 EST 2005
  
  Truth hurts always
  
  
• From: anand (@ illchn-static-203.199.245.1.vsnl.net.in) on: Fri Jan 21 01:03:31 EST 2005
  
  NRI,
  Truth hurts, yes. But here it is anything but the truth. So, the Q does not arise.
  
  Also,if all the filth is posted under one topic, it will save the time of searching.
  
  
• From: Fuck The RSS! (@ pd951265f.dip.t-dialin.net) on: Fri Jan 21 08:22:50 EST 2005
  
  "I suggest U guys start a topic "All the evil in the world is due to brahmins". "
  
  This ios the cures of being a sacred selection of hyper intelligence.
  
  India is still too backward (or still kept backward) to accept the superiority of 1000 iron nails.
  
  
• From: NRI (@ ess-p-144-138-206-84.mega.tmns.net.au) on: Thu Jan 27 21:33:51 EST 2005
  
  Dear Anand, if you say that there is no truth in what I am saying, then you have to read more, or you know it and pretend to not-know it.
  To put this attitude to the test, can I ask you what originated the festival called Deepavali. - please tell me the concept of deepavali as provided in the religious books and not your own story.
  
  
• From: Fuck The RSS! (@ pd9e34ef4.dip.t-dialin.net) on: Fri Jan 28 10:15:55 EST 2005
  
  "you have to read more"
  Can you please also explain him how it goes?
  
  
• From: NRI (@ ess-p-144-138-204-212.mega.tmns.net.au) on: Sat Jan 29 22:07:33 EST 2005
  
  I shall do it, once I get the answer from Anand.
  
  

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