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**sitescools** · 12-13-2008, 01:00 AM

Gopal-ji,

Cotton cultivation and spinning-yarn by hand is very ancient. Cotton was cultivated during IVC times. And other material such as jute and wool was also used...i read somewhere that wearing the sacred thread supposedly was a tribal practice. And it also appears to have been widespread. There are some non-brahmins like nadars who follow the custom even till now. It is not known whether such practices were of adopted origin in such communities due to sanskritization or were they already present in these communities due to the tribal origins of the practice itself...but since the origins is tribal, it must be ancient, no-doubt..certainly not depending on machinery

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TBS-ji,

Am wondering about the use of animal-skin in vedic socities...did the rishis skin the deer themselves? or were animal-carcass-handlers present? Am wondering about the interaction part - does it mean that one did the hunting, another did the skinning, another did the bartering or selling it...perhaps such things were responsible for the creation of various social groupings...me too am certain it came to be in gold and silver form at some point - but i dunno when.

Any ideas where, as geographical region, did the yagnopavitham start?

Regards.

12-13-2008, 01:00 AM	#3
sitescools Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 615 Senior Member	Gopal-ji, Cotton cultivation and spinning-yarn by hand is very ancient. Cotton was cultivated during IVC times. And other material such as jute and wool was also used...i read somewhere that wearing the sacred thread supposedly was a tribal practice. And it also appears to have been widespread. There are some non-brahmins like nadars who follow the custom even till now. It is not known whether such practices were of adopted origin in such communities due to sanskritization or were they already present in these communities due to the tribal origins of the practice itself...but since the origins is tribal, it must be ancient, no-doubt..certainly not depending on machinery . TBS-ji, Am wondering about the use of animal-skin in vedic socities...did the rishis skin the deer themselves? or were animal-carcass-handlers present? Am wondering about the interaction part - does it mean that one did the hunting, another did the skinning, another did the bartering or selling it...perhaps such things were responsible for the creation of various social groupings...me too am certain it came to be in gold and silver form at some point - but i dunno when. Any ideas where, as geographical region, did the yagnopavitham start? Regards.
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