On 21 January 2011 05:59, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Knowledge in olden times of India are transferred orally from Gurus (
> Teachers) to students/disciples . They are not necessarily recorded. We are
> talking about the ages even before manuscripts & paper are invented.


Paper has been around for 1800 years. The odds of orally transmitted
information remaining accurate over that kind of time period are
limited.

In any case the who Guru thing has taken a bit of a hammering lately
from the likes of Sanal Edamaruku and Basava Premanand.


-- 
geni

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