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		illegalmemory on Jan 24, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired tod... "Paras" in Sanskrit means "someone who, by their touch, turns anything into gold."

davorb on Jan 24, 2025 [–]

It's also Persian for "money"

MarcelOlsz on Jan 24, 2025 | [–]

Extremely strong nominative determinism at play here across multiple languages.

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