Krishna and Christ: are they the same deity?
‘Krishna and Christ, even the Names are the same.’ The British Hare Krishna magazine that carried this headline seemed to be stretching things. In English only the first syllable of the two Names is identical. However, the word Christ is pronounced differently in each European language. In several Mediterranean languages such as Ibicenco (the language of Ibiza, Spain) Lord Jesus is called (Santa) Krista. Comes eerily close.
The name Jesus, too, has different spellings and pronunciations around the world. In the East he is called Eesa, Eeshu and Yeshu. God is called Eesh in Sanskrit and Eesa in the Ram Charit Maanas (e.g. Jaakey bal birachi Hari Eesaa).
HT 12 Aug 06
The name Jesus, too, has different spellings and pronunciations around the world. In the East he is called Eesa, Eeshu and Yeshu. God is called Eesh in Sanskrit and Eesa in the Ram Charit Maanas (e.g. Jaakey bal birachi Hari Eesaa).
HT 12 Aug 06
posted by P Dewan at 12:38 PM
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On the other hand, the word Christ comes from the Greek Christos (phonetically described as a dorsal fricative sound)which is more like an H, rather than hard C/K.
KRSNa, as far as I can tell, comes from a term meaning 'dark' or 'black'.
'Christos' is a translation into Greek of the Hebrew "Meshiakh' or the Aramaic 'Meshikha', meaning 'annointed'.
Be Well
Bob Griffin
PS By the way, "Maitreya" is also unrelated to 'Messiah', and means something like 'Compassionate', as far as I've found out.
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