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Contents 1 Sanskrit transliteration 2 Whether this should be under Hinduism 3 Ambiguous reference for Surya Namaskar being a 20th century invention 4 Incomplete views on the origins of Surya Namaskar

[edit] Sanskrit transliteration

Calling for help from someone knowledgeable in Sanskrit to review the words in this article and make any necessary edits. I have kept the macrons in words (thus indicating long vowels) where I have found them in other sources. I am also unsure whether it is better to use namaskara or namaskar. If you are knowledgeable in both Sanskrit and IPA it would be great if exact pronunciation guides could be added in IPA or SAMPA. Oska 03:32, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

The final a in नमस्कार namaskāra (Sanskrit transliteration) is dropped in most New Indo-Aryan (NIA) languages, hence a pronunciation closer to /namaskaːr/. I'm afraid a phonetic transcription would confuse more than it would help, since the pronunciation differs quite much in different Indian language varieties. Since the transliteration is quite phonemic in itself I suggest that the transliterations will do, and interested could look up the transliteration method to see how it should/can be pronunced… I propose we use the 'common' transliterations in the text and on respective āsana's page we could add both the nāgarī as well as the transliteration.

Kess 14:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whether this should be under Hinduism

i have placed this article under wikiproject hinduism.--Jayanthv86 18:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

(My intention is not to start a edit war or such, I just wish to know how others see this.) Short version: there are different opinions whether yoga should be accounted for in Hinduism or not. I would like to hear opinions if yoga articles should fall under Hinduism alone, both Hinduism and something other, or another cathegorisation altogether.

Kess 14:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

My opinion is that Yoga is a separate subject than any one religion. It's interesting that this article doesn't even mention Yoga, yet it is as a physical-spiritual Yoga technique that most people will encounter the Sun Salutation; I don't view it as a form of "sun worship" at all, so I think there needs to be some separation between the origins of the practice and its usage today. Maybe then we can remove the stub status. -- Ben

It is rather sad that Hinduism is considered a religion. 'Hindu' was the name given to the people residing near the river Sindu (at the time of Indus Valley Civilization) by the Greeks as they had difficulty pronoucing sindu. Those people(residing near Sindu)'s practices for physical, mental, and spiritual well-being are now considered Hinduism. Those people themselves used to call their practices as 'Sanatan Dharma' of which a poor translation would be Eternal Religion and the poorest would be 'Hinduism'. Sanatan means eternal but Dharma isn't a religion, it is righteous discharging of one's duties (e.g. For a fisherman, catching fish is his dharma but catching them for sports is not a dharma). What is righteous and what is not would often be questioned by people of other belief system and hence all these religions and fights among them. Since the saga of being mis-represented (for Hinduism) is in the root itself, it wouldn't and shouldn't matter for the branches (i.e. Yoga being a part of the practices )

[edit] Ambiguous reference for Surya Namaskar being a 20th century invention

The article claims that Surya Namaskar is a 20th century invention and cites a book by Raja of Aundh [1]. The book is an exposition of the Surya Namskars. At no point does the book's author claim invention of Surya Namaskars. This paragraph needs to be removed pending a more reliable reference.

Ikshatriya 17:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incomplete views on the origins of Surya Namaskar

I agree with Ikshatriya, the origins of Surya Namaskar I believe are not stated properly. Please also refer to the article "Surya Namaskara Chapter" on Wiki itself for some of the origins of Surya Namaskar. I am collecting necessary references to correct this article.--Khammam 01:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)