Dear Everyone, I do stand to explain. Firstly it is not wrong to say or use chinna 'rra' that since there has been several maruvals in Tamil from the original usages. For eg Natham originally meant good smell Thiraikadal odiyum Dhiraviyam thedu meant the dowry (Dhiraviyam) the groom had to give to the bride since the practise of the tamils yesteryears was that the groom gave the dowry to the bride to marry her. Also the backside of the cow is a holy place since that is where Lakshmi lives according to beliefs. I only can call the hasty remark abhattam a Abhattam. Thanks Srinivasan --- Srinivasa-Gopalan Sampathkumar <arulmari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All., > > the explanation given by Sri Srinivasan Swami is > wrong (abhattham). > > In tamil the backside "puram" will be written with > periya "rra" and not chinna "ra" as it is written in > Gopuram. Hence, this cannot be the meaning. > > It is very important to check the fundamental > spelling > differences in tamil script before passing on > meanings > (wrong meanings) to a large number of people in a > forum > like this. > > The unfortunate thing is that such things do get > propagated > and people accept it without questioning. > > Let us not be responsible for the propagation of > wrong, absurd and flawed meanings. > > If we dont know, then we dont know. that is better > than > giving wrong explanations. > > thanks for your understanding. > > -arulmari > > > --------- Original Message --------- > > DATE: Fri, 28 May 2004 18:53:56 > From: Srinivasan Iyengar <sriniv1410@xxxxxxxxx> > To: srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: sriniv1410@xxxxxxxxx > > >Dear Patrons of this site, > > > >Namaskarams. I can explain a little about the word > >Gopuram in my sense of understanding. > > > >Go is Cow. Puram is back side. > > > >The shape of the temple tower is like the cow > looked > >from the back side with ears standing up. Hence > >Gopuram. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Srinivasan > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow > Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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