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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Aryan .
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The Sanskrit word "arya" is an adjective that means noble or pure.
Rajiv Malhotra: How Europeans Misappropriated Sanskrit To Form The Aryan Race Theory Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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The Sanskrit word "arya" is an adjective that means noble or pure.
Rajiv Malhotra: How Europeans Misappropriated Sanskrit To Form The Aryan Race Theory Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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We continue to hold the name arya even when we achieve the purified states that have been our goals.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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We continue to hold the name arya even when we have achieved the purified states that have been our goals.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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"The name 'Intarya' is made up from 'international' and 'arya' - the latter is taken from Sanskrit to denote noble, great, excellent and truthful," the creative director of the firm, Daniel Kostiuc, explained.
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The sanskirit speakers called themselves the 'arya' or 'aryas', thus in our english language,
totse.com 2009
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The sanskirit speakers called themselves the 'arya' or 'aryas', thus in our english language,
totse.com 2008
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The sanskirit speakers called themselves the 'arya' or 'aryas', thus in our english language,
totse.com 2008
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Once we achieve this pathway mind, we are called an "arya" (‘phags-pa), a highly realized being, a "noble one."
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'arya' decided that all indo-europeans called themselves aryans (example, the greek higher class who called themselves the '- ari-stocracy') and it soon became popular amongst europeans, paritularly romanticists, that an 'Aryan' race existed and that they were a part of it.
totse.com 2009
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