[Advaita-l] The 'Snake-and-ladder' game - The Spiritual path

[V Subrahmanian]

http://talkandcomment.com/p/9f8f1db01d5f5bf8170224fe (voice note)

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 12:46 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Kalyan via Advaita-l wrote:
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> > Under the Maratha rule any one other than a Brahmin uttering a
> > Veda Mantra was liable to have his tongue cut off and as a matter of fact
> > the tongues of several Sonars (goldsmiths) were actually cut off by the
> > order of the Peshwa for their daring to utter the Vedas contrary to law.
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> I did some research on this.  So apparently there are several jatis called
> Sonar in Maharashtra but the specific one refered to here are actually
> called Daivajna Sonars and claim to be Brahmanas.  See
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daivadnya_Brahmin
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> (It is not the most reliable source but gives some background.)
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> http://daivajnakarkiswamiji.blogspot.com/2014/08/history-daivajnya-brahmins-sonars-or.html
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> (This is better on most details but poor on history)
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> These Daivajnas were originally from the Konkana but migrated into
> interior Maharashtra and Karnataka due to Portuguese Christian persecution
> in Goa.
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