Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
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back to take his devotees to heaven. I have never heard of it before. It
will become scripture in the next edition.
Under this situation, how do we interpret Krishna in terms of Christ?
Ekam santam bahudha kalpayanti
One Being is contemplated by the sages in many forms:
(Rg-Veda, X-114-5).
This quote is again from the tenth Mandala of Rg Veda
”Christ comes from the Greek word Christos, and Christos is the Greek
version of the word Krsna. When an Indian person calls on Krsna, he
often says "Krsta." Krsna is a Sanskrit word meaning the object of
attraction." So when we address God as "Christ," "Krsta," or "Krsna," we
indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. When
Jesus said, "Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name," that
name of God was Krsta or Krsna. "Christ" is simply another way of
saying "Krsta," and "Krsta" is another way of pronouncing Krsna.”
The only change we need to make in Srila Prabhupada as quoted above
is the last word
“Krishna is another way of pronouncing Christ”
The question is how did the Indian religions come to know of this
“Krishna”?
Some proponents have proved the existence of Krishna worshippers in
Pre-Christian period through the reference to indica where Megasthenes
refers to Heracles who is then identified as Krishna! But anyone with a
keen sense can see through such a devious route of identification as in
the case quoted below: