The root of the Besadai is ‘Sada’, which refers to their homeland at Sada Nagar, and to their deity ‘Sarada’ in Kashmir, or Kaspeira. The river of their land is called Sada Nira. Thess names identify their origin with geographical clarity through Indian puranic traditions; Ptolemy identifies two places in this name neighbouring to each other in his maps. They are also identified with their historical base attached to Sidon name of whose goddess is not given though seat of the worship is marked on the top of a hill. Besadai trade is not the right term as Periplus observes where trade of Malabrathum has been noted. The gathering was basically a religious one, and trade of local products becomes secondary. The Periplus does not write whether this gathering and selling of products were held once in a year or monthly. This is important to evaluate the nature of the huge gathering.
The Bible sees Sadducees as a priestly class of influential people among the Jews; but all of them were not priests. Some considers them as ‘foreigners’. They are etymologically more akin to Indian term ‘Sadhus’. There exists a thin geographical border line between the two other groups : the Essenese(Issan) and the Pharisees(Parsuram?). Sadducees are recognised as ‘Sons of Zadok’ , and their story explores its link with Indian puranas through seats of worship of Yama, the king of Death around which are seated Eight Gods of the primordial world. The Indian priestly term ‘Jara’ also identifies itself with ‘Zadok’.
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