Talk:Maithil Brahmin

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[edit] Creation of this article

An article 'Maithili Brahmins' existed in Wiki which had a wrong title (Maithili Brahmins should be replaced with Maithil Brahmins) and contained materials from a website without a copyright permission. Hence I created the present article and redirected the old article to it, and rewrote the passage which had similarities a web site, and added much matter thereafter with sources. - Vinay Jha 02:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Why is the article under "Maithil Brāhamana" and not "Maithil Brahmins" then? Sasquatch t|c 19:18, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

If correct pronunciation is learnt, it will not harm you. A Brāhamaṇa will either laugh or frown at you if you call him a Brahmin. An Englishman is called a Firangi by illiterate Indians and Angrej by literate ones. Warren Hastings called Hindus as Ghentoos. You can choose what you like. Brahmin is more widespread among non-Indians, esp. English speakers. If you insist on renaming this article, I will not quarrel, but I prefer Sanskrit spellings for terms related to Hinduism. Brāhamaṇa is accurate, but very difficult for most of non-Indians due to retroflex 'ṇ', hence I used a simpler form Brāhamana. - Vinay Jha 00:06, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

"Maithil Brahmin...gentle." Anyone else think this is a bit too...general (at the very least), if not simply stereotypical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.233.41.11 (talk) 08:11, 15 November 2007 (UTC)