Aquarius 4: A Hindu healer

T h e p r o p e r n o u n Hi n d u d o e s n ot d e s c e n d f r o m a n I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) ro o t . A c c o r d i n g t h e On l in e E t ym o l o g y D i c t io n a r y , the word entered English from the Latin I n d i a b y w a y o f t h e G r e e k I n d ia m e a n i n g r e g i o n o f t h e In d u s R i v e r a n d l a t e r u s e d t o d e s c r i b e t he r e gi o n b e h i n d i t . T h e se t w o t e r m s d e s ce n d u l t i m a t e l y f r o m t h e S a n s k r i t s i n d h u w h i c h m e a n s r i v e r. 1 T h e w o r d r i v e r d e sc e n d s f r o m I E r o ot r e i - 1 w h i c h m e a n s t o s c r a t c h, t e a r, c u t . 2 P a r o n ym s i n c l u d e t h e w o rd s r i m o se ( f u l l o f ch i n k s , c ra c k s , o r c r e v i c e s ), r o w , r o p e , r iv e ( t o r e n d o r t e a r a p a r t ; t o b r e a k i n t o p i e c e s, a s b y a b l o w ) , r i f t , r i fe , r ip a r i a n , ( o f , on , o r r e l a t i n g t o t h e b a n k s o f a n a t u r a l c o u r se o f w a t e r ) , r a v a g e , a r r i v e , r i p e , r e a p , a n d r i p p l e . T h e w o r d h e a l d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e IE ro o t k a i lo - w h i c h me a n s w h o l e , u n i n j u r e d , o f g o o d o m e n . 3 I t s p a r on y m s i n c l u d e ha i l, h al e , ha l l o w , he a l,

h e a l t h, He l ga , h o l ida y , H o l l y, h o l l y , ho l y , O l ga , O le g , a n d wh o l e .
TH EMES : T h e t h e m e h e r e i s o n e o f I NTE GRIT Y a s i n t he q u a li t y o r c o n d i t i on o f b e i n g w h o l e o r u n d i v i d e d ; c o m p l e t e n e ss . 4 A s s h o w n a b o v e , t h e w o r d wh o l e i s a p a r on y m o f h e al er . T he w o r d i t se l f m e a n s c o n t a i n i n g a l l c o mp o n e n t s ; c o mp l e t e , n o t w o u n d e d, i n j u r e d , o r i m p a i r e d ; s o u n d o r u n h u r t a n d ha v i n g b e e n r e st o r e d ; h e a l e d . 5 B o t h

wh o l e a n d h e al er de s c e n d f r o m t he I E r o o t k a i lo - w h i c h m e a n s w h o l e ,
u n i n j u r e d , o f g o o d o m e n . C on v e r s e l y, t h e w o r d H i ndu ca n b e t r a c e d b a c k t o r i v e r , a w o r d w h o s e r o o t me a n s t o s c r a t c h, t e a r , c u t . P a r o n y m s o f r i v e r i n c l u d e ri ve w h i c h m e a n s t o r e n d o r t e a r, a p a r t , t o b r e a k i n t o
1 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=India 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 70 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 36 4 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/integrity 5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/whole Starling Hunter 2011 1

p i e ce s a n d ri ft w h i c h m e a n s b ot h a b r e a k i n f r i e n d l y re l a t i o n s a n d t o c a u s e t o s p li t op e n o r b r e a k . 6

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