An aside that may be of interest: From the linked page: "Ever wonder where the term 'Avatar' came from?" Still amazes me that people think the word Avatar aro

An aside that may be of interest: From the linked page: "Ever wonder where the term 'Avatar' came from?" Still amazes me that people think the word Avatar arose out of recent technical advances. One educated in a perspective beyond just the Western should know that its an ancient Sanskrit word. More information: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar * http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/17/bet-you-didnt-know-a.html http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/17/bet-you-didnt-know-a.ht... By the way, both references use the word 'descent', and Wikipedia quotes two western sources claim that 'descent' is more correct than 'incarnation'. I checked with at least two Indian contacts that claim the opposite. [Its a Hindi word also; for those that don't know, Hindi is a derivative language from Sanskrit (just as many Western European languages are derived from Latin).]