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**MannoFr** · 03-09-2006, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by stranger Gandhi used the term scheduled caste for politely addressing these people becuase they are afraid of telling their own caste names in the public.

I thot he coined the name 'Harijan' to address them?

I read a long time ago that Gandhi took the term "Harijan" from the term "Thirukular" which Ramanuja coined a thousand years earlier, in an attempt to eradicate the humiliating overtones that were associated with the more usual "caste names". Gandhi was acquainted with the teachings of Ramanuja, so it's certainly a possibility.

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MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	Originally Posted by stranger Gandhi used the term scheduled caste for politely addressing these people becuase they are afraid of telling their own caste names in the public. I thot he coined the name 'Harijan' to address them? I read a long time ago that Gandhi took the term "Harijan" from the term "Thirukular" which Ramanuja coined a thousand years earlier, in an attempt to eradicate the humiliating overtones that were associated with the more usual "caste names". Gandhi was acquainted with the teachings of Ramanuja, so it's certainly a possibility.
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