Posted by: JPEG April 20, 2009
THE ORIGIN OF HINDU RELIGION
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Dear, kanchu i am quite skeptical about your theory. But according to the Tripuri people,
there were  many indigenous people living in Indus Valley as tribes before the arrival of Aryan from the west as i have an excerpt from the website < http://www.tripura.org.in/origin.htm>
on Tripuri people below;

Indus civilization:

The civilization of Chinese, Egyptian and Mesopotamia were of homogenous group of people, where as the Indus civilization was found to be comprised of heterogeneous group of human race. The skulls found of Harappa and Mahenjo-daro belonged to proto-australoid, Mongoloid, Mediterranean and Alpine races. This clearly proved that the mongoloid were also part of the Indus civlisation. The proto-australoid were ancestor of modern day's Santal, Kol, Bhil, Munda etc. tribes of central India, Mediterranean were ancestor of modern day's Tamil, Telegu, etc. but no skull was found of from the site of excavation belonging to Aryan people.

Aryan Invaded Indus Civilization:

The Aryan invaded India some time around 1700 BC, the Indus civilization ruined around same time. There were plenty of examples that the Aryan destroyed the Indus civilization and plundered the citizens, the Australoid, mongoloid of Indus valley. There are several wars mentioned in Rig-Veda, Indra was the strongest king of Aryan who destroyed many forts, so he was termed as Purander in Veda. The excavation of Mahenjo-daro and Harappa had discovered many of human skeleton buried in one place indicate that these people were buried in one place after being killed. Finding of skeleton of children further confirms that Indus civilization was plundered and destroyed by external enemy. So the citizen of Indus valley i.e., the Austric race was forced to migrate to wards east and middle of India, Dravidian in the south and the Mongoloid in the north and north east of India.



Returning to Hindu God, Vishnu is considered by the scholars as the originally god of Dravidian people and have derived from word ‘Vin’ who was god of sun and sky of Dravidian. He was mentioned in the later book of Rig-Veda, when he was accepted in the Vedic faiths.
 
The Origin of Shiva:
The word Shiva has root in the Kirata or Borok race, not in the Vedas  because  Shiva as god is not mentioned in it. Shiva is hybrid of two Kirata words, simani means Gyan or knowledge and Kaiba, means five, i.e. Si+Ba=Siba>Siva>Sibarai>Sibrai . That means a god who has knowledge of five elements of life, that is earth, fire, water, air, and sky, that is cosmic rays which forms the life. That is one who has created life in this world or creator of life in the world. Other meaning can be one who made us perceive or feel five senses in our body, that is who is the soul of the boy. It is this Sibrai converted to Shivai in Sanskrit. From this five shiva is said to have five face and named as “Panchanan.”

In Bodo culture he is known as Bathubrai, meaning king of collection of five elements of earth, fire, water, air and sky, that means creator, the supreme god. The other meaning can apply in this case also. So the god Shiva is originally god of Borok/ Kirata race not that of Aryan or Dravidian.

The other name of Mahadev is direct translation of Mutai kotor, the supreme god of Tripuri people and first among the fourteen gods. The mutai kotor or Subrai is considered as supreme creator of this universe and the life in the earth in the mythology of Tripuri people. This fact had been finally accepted in the Indian mythology and Shiva had been placed above the Vishnu and Brahma of trinity gods.

Feature of Shiva the Creator:

1)      His home or abode is in the Himalaya only, namely Amarnath, Badrinath, Hardwar, Kedaranath, Kailash mansarover and many more. It is again home of Kirata or borok race.

2)      Fond of wine, ganja, dhatura who remains intoxicated most of time.

3)      Fond of meat and non-vegeterean foods.

4)      He is half naked, wearing skin of tiger in the loin only, rudraskha or dudrai mala in neck.

5)      Living with Snakes and other animals.

6)      His symbol is crescent moon, a symbol of Chandra dynasty, Trishul in hand.

7)      He is wandering god, living with different ghost in the cremation ground; body is smeared with ash of cremation.

8)      Hair is uncombed, unclean body, with horn pipe in hand, and dumbru in other.

9)      He is short tempered, mighty, courageous, does not think of consequences, destructives.

10)  Easily convincible, compassionate, merciful, big hearted as termed Ashutosh or Bholenath.

11)   Living with wife, who is Parvati or Haichwkma, goddess of Hill.

12)  His animal carrier was originally buffalo, which was later converted to Ox by Aryan people, as found in Indus valley. The buffalo is still the carrier of Shiva in Tibet, China, and Japan proves that it was originally of Kirata god.

13)   Worshiped by offering wine, animal sacrifice, and water is poured in the Shiva linga.

All the above feature of the Shiva suggest that he was the god of Kirata or Borok race initially but later modified to suit the Aryan faith or belief. And he was termed as one of the Hindu god and his carrier animal had been changed from buffalo to ox.

So this can somehow relates or prove that some of the hindu god is connected to the pre-aryan people.

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