The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2447 page)
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Tashlikh
.
.
Jewish
New Year
ceremony. On the first day of
Rosh ha-Shanah
(or on the second if the first day falls on the
Sabbath
), the ceremony of symbolically casting sin into the sea is performed by running water. The tradition is not mentioned in the
Talmud
and may have a pagan origin.
New Year
ceremony. On the first day of
Rosh ha-Shanah
(or on the second if the first day falls on the
Sabbath
), the ceremony of symbolically casting sin into the sea is performed by running water. The tradition is not mentioned in the
Talmud
and may have a pagan origin.
Tassels
(on prayer shawl):
(on prayer shawl):
Tath
gata
gata(P
li, Skt.; Chin.,
ju-lai
; Jap.,
nyorai
; Korean,
yotae
: usually left untranslated; if translated then as ‘Thus-Gone’ or ‘Truthfinder’). According to Buddhist tradition, the title chosen by the Buddha for himself. The title was intended to convey his identity as a perfect being, though the precise meaning of the word remains problematic. Etymologically it can be read as
li, Skt.; Chin.,ju-lai
; Jap.,
nyorai
; Korean,
yotae
: usually left untranslated; if translated then as ‘Thus-Gone’ or ‘Truthfinder’). According to Buddhist tradition, the title chosen by the Buddha for himself. The title was intended to convey his identity as a perfect being, though the precise meaning of the word remains problematic. Etymologically it can be read as
(i) ‘thus-gone’ (
tath
) or ‘thus-come’ (
tath
), generally taken to mean ‘one who has gone (or come)’ i.e. attained emancipation;
(ii) ‘one come (
) to the truth (
tatha
)’. The etymology may itself be suspect, however, since it is not certain whether the word is Skt. or vernacular in origin.
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