Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The meaning of Kalpurush

Well......here I'm am...writing a blog.....for the first time in my life! Better late than ever..........Hilarious, isn't it?

I'll start with the concept behind my nickname for this blog space 'Kalpurush'. What's this 'Kalpurush' means?

Kalpurush is a Bangla (Bengali) word means 'Orion' or 'The Hunter'. I believe everyone knows where to find Orion in the sky......if not.........interested to know.......here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28constellation%29

I personally like the other meaning (The Hunter of Greek mythology) of Orion. Curious? See at wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28mythology%29

For those, who can read and understand Bangla (there is a difference between just reading and understanding something, isn't it? This may be a good topic for my next post...ha ha ha), here is the link at Bangla wiki:
http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7

Actually, if you understand Bangla, you'll find that 'Kal' (means time) and 'Purush' (means Man) creates another meaning of 'Kalpurush'. You can call it 'Time lord' or 'Ancient man' depending upon your understanding..........Debate? You are welcome!

Whatever meaning you take/like, one thing is clear............'Kalpurush' is an ancient term. Sounds philosophical? Well, here I am and it's nice to meet you!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Now Listen....My name is Bikash saha...and My birth date is on 13th april 1986.12:45pm..accoriding to my brth chart..kalpurush..is in my luck.....it is very good...it is very bad....some times it help me..and some times it makes me down....my luck is playing with me...wat should i do...now..please tell me...

Ayantika Maity said...

Is Kalpurush a ghost? I have heard about this. My grand mother and my aunt were talking about a kalpurush, who once had killed a child in my neighbour. I didn`t believe it. As you said, it is an orion then how can it kill someone? Is there any other kind of Kalpurush? Do they harm anyone? How much powers do they have?

Manj said...

You're named kalpurush!!!??? That's like a whole encyclopaedia attachment to your existence! Try watching jeevan smriti... There's a reference of the word Kalpurush made by Rabindranath Tagore understood by Rituporno Ghosh. It's her, his.... Last movie! Probably attempting to get into the crowded world of something so unknown and yet so true!

Unknown said...

A priest told me that their is kaalpurush who always following me...so what should I do...??

Felix said...

I have often read in mystical writings of India that KAL PURUSH is name ascribed to the Lord of the creation; the captor of the soul. I am not Indian so I have limitations on how I understand this. A little enlightenment on this please!