Minstral
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« on: May 26, 2016, 01:14:30 AM » |
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I have heard the term of different Buddhist saint before, but it always seemed to me like it was a way of translating a position without context. In the Middle ages the Mongols understood the concept of "knight" very vaguely, and so if a Christian diplomat asked what type of rank so-and-so had the Mongol could reply "he is a knight" in a way of equating the person to a relatable term. It tends to ignore the finer details of the term and gives a more identifiable term that the person can relate to.
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