Dear Sir, Accepted that Gopuram is spelt with chinna rra. But when ? But I am not sure about your source for the same. Do you have a printed version of Tiruvaimozhi sir ? Maybe printed in 20th Century which does not still mean that the usage was different earlier?? Again I do stand by the intrepretation of Dhiraviyam. Thanks Srinivasan --- Srinivasa-Gopalan Sampathkumar <arulmari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All., > > Please accept my sincere apologies if I sounded > personal. > That is absolutely not my intention. > > In literary Tamil, "Natram" always means vasanai or > good smell. Even now, for bad smell "dhur Natram" is > very much in vogue. (in spoken tamil, we use natram > as implying dhurnatram). > > And diraviyam (also used in sanskrit, dravyam, > e.g homa dravyam etc..) - directly > means "porul" or "porul eettuthal" or simply > earning. > there is no reference to dowry in the vakhyam > "thirai kadal odiyum thiraviyam thedu" - > it only means that one has to earn, even if it means > > sailing on the oceans and going places. > (without questioning the practices of dowry in > Sanga Kala Ilakkiyam). > > And Gopuram is always written with chinna "ra" and > not periya "rra". There is very little chance of > maruvuthal here. > > One place in arulicheyal, in thiruvaimozhi, > (10.9) Soozhvisumbani mugil - it occurs as follows: > > "Kodi ani nedu madhill gopuram kuruginar, > Vadivudai Madhavan Vaikuntham pugave." > > No doubt, back of Cow is sacred and holy. > It is only that it may not have any relevance in the > > meaning of Gopuram. > > I am sure any knowledgeable Tamil scholar can throw > some light on this issue. > > thanks > -arulmari. > > --------- Original Message --------- > > DATE: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:08:21 > From: Srinivasan Iyengar <sriniv1410@xxxxxxxxx> > To: arulmari@xxxxxxxxx, srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: sriniv1410@xxxxxxxxx > > >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! 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