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From where does the word "thug" come from?
posted by Mel @ 5:18 AM
My tour of India
I'm leaving for India, via Istanbul, on March 8, 2006. I want to share certain thoughts, experiences with my family, friends and others
Thursday, March 16, 2006
From where does the word "thug" come from?
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This is from Stephanie and Gretchen. We would like 10 rta passes instead.
Thug: The English word thug, meaning a violent criminal, comes from the Hindi word thag (and originally from the Sanskrit word sthaga), meaning a thief or villain.
The original Thugs were bands of roving criminals in India who strangled and robbed travellers. Originally these gangs committed murder following precise religious rites to honour Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction.
The crime was known as Thuggee, and although it involved a Hindu goddess, there were Muslim Thugs as well.
In the 19th century Thugs were strangling 40,000 people a year but by then many cases of Thuggee were straightforward robbery with no religious significance.
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