Monday, December 5, 2011






Traveling to the land known as "Bharat Varsh" via Dubai International Airport. "Varsha" is the division of the earth or a continent. According to Wikipedia: The name India is derived from the name of the Sindhu or Indus River and has been in use in Greek since the time of Herodotus (5th century BC).
From: Vishnu Purana (2.3.1)[2][3]
uttaraṃ yatsamudrasya himādreścaiva dakṣiṇam
varṣaṃ tadbhārataṃ nāma bhāratī yatra santatiḥ
उत्तरं यत्समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश्चैव दक्षिणम् ।
वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र संततिः ।।
"The country (varṣam) that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bhāratam; there dwell the descendants of Bharata."