From: jbb@notatt.com   
      
   Question from a non-linguist:   
      
   My pleasure reading of Oriental fiction and myth seem to frequently run   
   into the words "Lama" and "Yama". The first usually refers to a holy man   
   and the second to a God. Of course the words sound fairly similar to my   
   ear. So I am curious: Are they were derived from a common origin?   
      
   I briefly poked around the internet and found nothing that was based on   
   anything other than it sounded cute to say "Lama Yama" or "Yama Lama"   
   three times quickly. Since I really don't know how to find the right   
   hole to force a search engine into, I thought I'd try you all.   
   --   
   Jeff Barnett   
      
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