MAHARAJJI
- HIS VARIOUS NAMES
Maharajji
was born as Lakshmi Narayan Sharma and this was the name given to
him by his parents. When he left his home and wandered in search
of truth, he came to be known as Lakshman Das. When he did tapasya
at Bavania in Gujarat, he was known as Tallaiya Baba.
Later
when he lived at the Indian village of Neeb Karori, he was called
Neeb Karori Baba by the local villagers. There is a lot of confusion
about the spelling of 'Neeb Karori'. Neeb Karori is the phonological
translation of the same word from Hindi. Neeb is also sometimes written
as Nib and Karori is sometimes written as Karauri. The 'ee' in Neeb
is to be pronounced as in 'speed' and the 'o' in Karori is to pronounced
as the 'a' in 'raw'. It is to be noted that the name Neeb Karori
was taken up by Maharajji himself. He has signed with this name at
some places. Neeb (In pure hindi - neev) means foundation and Karori
(in pure hindi - karari) means strong. So Neeb Karori means a strong
foundation.
However
over the years the name Neeb Karori was transformed in various ways
like Nib Karori, Neeb Karauri and it eventually took the form "Neem
Karoli". This name became popular among the western devotees
and has continued as such. It is true that it must have been by Maharajji's
wish that the name took such a form and became so dear to his devotees.
But the words 'neem karoli' means very different things. Neem is
an Indian tree and Karoli is a place in India. The western devotees
who have eventually learned Hindi and the Devnagari script have acknowledged
that the spelling in English should indeed be Neeb Karori.
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