Comments on: Hindus Worry Cameron’s Avatar Steps on their Religion

By: Chidanand

Chidanand — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:09:20 +0000

Not only the word “Avtar”………….
1) Hindus pray the PEEPUL Tree (can see exact root and system in the movie).
2) Skincolor of the Protagonists (Many deities bear the same colour: Blue i.e. Shyam)
3) Archery the weapon………….

& many more. Learn Hinduism, though many scripts have been burnt after Mughal invasion.

By: Ryan3D

Ryan3D — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:24:51 +0000

Gowhar welcome to feb 19th 2009 buddy

By: Gowhar

Gowhar — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:24:23 +0000

Since when did words acquire religions?

By: Harsh (gypsydreams101)

Harsh (gypsydreams101) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:10:00 +0000

Jesus, dude, I’m Hindu, I’ve read enough of the Gita, and I’m eating chicken right now…..oh, and I slept with two different women this month (not boasting, just spilling facts), I drink alcohol when the mood strikes me and I scratch my balls in public.

I LOVE my religion, my culture and even though I’m not all that religious, I know my limits.

To me, just coz a film is called “Avatar”, doesn’t mean we need to beat on it…..what about every time a Westerner uses the word “bungalow” to describe his/her house? Should we start kicking him in the stomach, asking him to acknowledge that the word was taken directly from Hindi?

By: H

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:49:11 +0000

One more thing, Avatar does have a lot of similarities to Hinduism, you can see the influences, but then again it ‘borrows’ from many things. Everyone should just be happy such a cool film was made. end of story :)

By: Varun

Varun — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:05:08 +0000

I am a Hindu and I am also fairly acquainted with the Native American traditions and I have to agree that the movie borrows more from the native americans than they do from us… but they do borrow from hinduism… and rodney, u do have problems with Hindus… U cant bring yourself to accept that the movie draws quite a bit from Hinduism… I believe this topic is being senselessly dragged by rodney as he is not accepting the simple fact that the movie does borrow a lot from Hinduism…

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:12:14 +0000

Who says they have to give “credit” to use the word?

The english language like ALL languages borrows references from other languages in creating its words. No language is absolute, and it doesn’t matter where the origin of the word comes from.

It is not exclusively a Hindu word. Get over it.

Violence? Over the use of a word. Now THAT is just ignorance.

By: Usha

Usha — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:10 +0000

“Avatar” (like “Yoga,” “Guru,” etc.) is a Sanskrit/Hindu word and an important aspect of Hinduism. Did the film give credit to these facts? If not, that is the problem. Denial is ignorance that can and has lead to all kinds of violence.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:24:29 +0000

Sorry Pritam, it is not.

It has origins with the Hindu language, but it is NOT exclusively Hindi.

In fact, the Hindu word which Avatar derives from is AVATARA. Avatar respects the original application of the word and applies it to modern culture.

Adapt or die my friend. Ignorance gets you left behind.

By: Pritam

Pritam — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:01:26 +0000

” The word Avatar is not an exclusive Hindu word.”

sorry borther The word Avatar is an exclusive Hindu word.