Thursday, June 20, 2013

Oxford English Dictionary


I utilized the Oxford English Dictionary when researching for my paper and it actually came in rather handy indeed. In one of The Beatles songs they use a phrase “Jai Guru Deva om” and obviously I was unsure of the meaning, so step my step I figured it out, using the Oxford English Dictionary to look up each word individually! This is what I came up with…

"Jai" means "O Hail" or "Victory to" 
"Guru" means "Teacher" 
"Deva" means "God/Lord/Demi-God" 
"om" some say is the source of all existence that comes from vibration 

So the phrase ended up meaning, I give thanks to my heavenly teacher



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