Today, while reading Amitabh Bachhan's Facebook page, I came accross this post from Amitabh: "The word "Engineer" is derived from "Anjaneyar" (or Hanuman), who built a bridge and didn't ever hang around with girls."
This evidently does not hold any meaning.
Merriam Websters tell that the word Engineer comes from Engine from Old French engin, which stands for 'skill, cleverness', and also used for 'Trick and deceit'.
A synonym for Deceitful person is 'crafty'. The sanskrit word that comes possibly closest to 'crafty' is 'कपटि' which is used for a sly and cunning fellow.
These days, medical profession has turned into the biggest hotbed for cunning, wealth hungry कपटि 'professionals'. This, evidently was as much true in ancient times as it is these days, as can be seen from this beautiful two-liner:
वैद्यराज! नमस्तुभ्य्म यमराजसहोदर:।
यम: हरति प्राणान, वैद्य: प्राणान, धनानि च।
The वैद्य, or doctor is compared with यमराज, the God of death Himself. But the poet places Yama in a higher enteem and respect, than the Doctor, beacuse, Yama completes his job by robbing rhe person on deathbed of his life, but the doctor (assumed to be a कपटि blinded by avarice) not only robs him of his life, but also robs him of money!
A good practical exmaple of ’कपटि’ or crafty person.
This evidently does not hold any meaning.
Merriam Websters tell that the word Engineer comes from Engine from Old French engin, which stands for 'skill, cleverness', and also used for 'Trick and deceit'.
A synonym for Deceitful person is 'crafty'. The sanskrit word that comes possibly closest to 'crafty' is 'कपटि' which is used for a sly and cunning fellow.
These days, medical profession has turned into the biggest hotbed for cunning, wealth hungry कपटि 'professionals'. This, evidently was as much true in ancient times as it is these days, as can be seen from this beautiful two-liner:
वैद्यराज! नमस्तुभ्य्म यमराजसहोदर:।
यम: हरति प्राणान, वैद्य: प्राणान, धनानि च।
The वैद्य, or doctor is compared with यमराज, the God of death Himself. But the poet places Yama in a higher enteem and respect, than the Doctor, beacuse, Yama completes his job by robbing rhe person on deathbed of his life, but the doctor (assumed to be a कपटि blinded by avarice) not only robs him of his life, but also robs him of money!
A good practical exmaple of ’कपटि’ or crafty person.
