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Thank you for the response. I'm from Nepal, so I know what a Garuda is and what Shree means. Another commenter also mentioned the connection with Indonesia but

Thank you for the response. I'm from Nepal, so I know what a Garuda is and what Shree means. Another commenter also mentioned the connection with Indonesia but you're probably aware that it is the vahan (mount) of the lord Vishnu himself, so it is quite ubiquitous. I had not, for some reason, made the connection with the linux penguin and it makes a lot of sense in that context. Thanks! Regarding the other discussion on 786 and Shree, I agree with you. The closest parallel to Allah hu Akbar I can think of would perhaps be something like Aum Namaha Shivaya, but not really.

danans 6y ago
> The closest parallel to Allah hu Akbar I can think of would perhaps be something like Aum Namaha Shivaya, but not really. Maybe something like Jaya Bhagavaan. Of course the amazing thing (to me) about Hinduism is the tendency towards non standardization, and the sheer diversity of symbolism despite the attempts to simplify it down to a single religious identity.
- eyeundersand 6y ago
  Yes. Jaya Bhagwaan would be a lot closer, however I can't recall having heard it in any setting. It's usually Jay Shambho or Jay Shree Krishna and such, which are perhaps equivalents, although non-monotheism in the Sanatani Dharma prevents an exact analog to allah hu akbar, imo. Fair point about the non-standardization. Read somewhere that the Sanatani corpus/philosophy is the Linux of religions, which I thought was quite apt. Namaste.