LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 17:12 December 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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Religion and Violence –
Use Indian Languages and English Textbooks to
Cultivate Religious Amity

Dr. Ramanadham Ramesh Babu and Dr. P. Sreenivasulu Reddy

Real Religion

Love, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance are a few synonymous words for the sacred sound ‘Religion’. Violence, intolerance, abhorrence, etc., are exactly the opposites. The very utterance of certain words instantaneously invokes some lofty feelings and holy imagery. Religion is one such term that rings in us all righteous thoughts and right vibrations. In fact, the moment one becomes religious in the true sense, it should virtually be the end of greed and egotism, corruption and exploitation, pomp and pageantry, as described in religious scriptures of various religions.

Religion in Indian Languages and English

Indian languages have several terms to denote the concept of religion. Some of these are marga, dharmic or dharma and matam. Mat?am is used frequently in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. aast?ik or aast?ikam(u) may also be used.

In English, the term religion is borrowed from Latin through Old French. www.dictionary.com suggests “1150-1200; Middle English religioun (< Old French religion) < Latin religion- (stem of religio) conscientiousness, piety, equivalent to relig(are) to tie, fasten (re- re- + ligare to bind, tie; cf. ligament) + -ion- -ion”.

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