Vedic Sanskrit stigmatized indigenous peoples via physical and ethnic labels

Evidence

66 Anaryas: Sanskrit for non-Aryans. Anasa (literally those without a nose, figuratively those without an aquiline nose) is another term frequently used in the Vedas to refer to the local, indigenous populations, whom the Aryas regarded as different from them and therefore to be stigmatised. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1090

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the two Sanskrit terms — Anaryas and Anasa — used in the Vedas for indigenous populations.
• CANDY: The literal ‘noseless’ slurs in ancient Vedic texts is a striking, tweetable bit of trivia.
• XREF: connects to: Canonizing Sanskrit religious classics obscures the social grounds of Indian literature — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1134; Indian-black caste labels relied on animal names and color analogies; Vedic texts coined stigmatising terms for indigenous non-Aryan populations (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Canonizing Sanskrit religious classics obscures the social grounds of Indian literature — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1134; Indian-black caste labels relied on animal names and color analogies; Vedic texts coined stigmatising terms for indigenous non-Aryan populations (+3 more)

Broader Connections

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