Muloghonto Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: daana/daan in Sanskrit has multiple connotations. Daam is basically a price which in negotiations means a bribe. Daana also means a gift. In neogotiations. daana, is basically a gift to lure the opponent to your side. Both are used. Bheda Danda order is from the Tygararaja song - Sarasa SamaDanaBhedaDanda chatura for describing Rama's qualities. I have no idea why he choose that order. no, i disagree. the context is how to defeat your enemy in a mazlow's heirarchy mode. First comes saam - which is to seduce the enemy. if failed, then its daam, which is to bribe the enemy. If that fails, then its dand - which is to punish (aka attack) the enemy. If that is not an option, then its Bhed, aka divide & conquer. In this, there is no room for daan. The 'gift to lure your enemy' is a bribe- aka daam. As such, daan is a donation/gift - which means no string attached and i dont think it serves the purpose of bribe, as bribe is a trade ( i bribe you for something), so daam, which means price, fits much better. Edited December 5, 2023 by Muloghonto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 4 hours ago, Muloghonto said: no, i disagree. the context is how to defeat your enemy in a mazlow's heirarchy mode. First comes saam - which is to seduce the enemy. if failed, then its daam, which is to bribe the enemy. If that fails, then its dand - which is to punish (aka attack) the enemy. If that is not an option, then its Bhed, aka divide & conquer. In this, there is no room for daan. The 'gift to lure your enemy' is a bribe- aka daam. As such, daan is a donation/gift - which means no string attached and i dont think it serves the purpose of bribe, as bribe is a trade ( i bribe you for something), so daam, which means price, fits much better. Don’t know if daam is a Sanskrit root. Daam in Hindi is value and can be equated to bribe as it can be thought to be of value. What is daam in Sanskrit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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