I am not sure people like kapilar or aricil-kizAr are "greatest personages" now. Most Tamils would not recognize a name like aricilkizAr. Not only the bards...
naga_ganesan@...
May 1, 2001 11:14 am
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...[repositioned para] ... P. Chandra wrote: << let us first connect bharatha nAtyam and belly dance :-)) ... catir-aaTTam has now been rechristened as...
naga_ganesan@...
May 1, 2001 12:56 pm
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Is the grasshopper's name splittable as naTTuva-kiLi. It's green like a beautiful parrot (effects of evolution to stay in the leaves), and its ways of walking ...
naga_ganesan@...
May 1, 2001 2:14 pm
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Dear Cangam Tamilists, I have been reading the exchanges taking place here, since the day this list was started. My felicitations to the moderator for starting...
RM. Krishnan
poo@...
May 1, 2001 2:51 pm
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... .. ... Again social changes can take place much more rapidly than we can imagine. We are discussing 2000 years ago. Ask anyone with a college degree what...
Periannan Chandraseka...
perichandra@...
May 1, 2001 4:18 pm
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Given that other words for grass-hopper are <tattukkiLi: hopping parrot> and <vettukkiLi: cutting parrot> such a splitting seems reasonable. I believe another...
vvrsps@...
May 1, 2001 5:56 pm
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Given that the grass-hopper is also called <tattukiLi: springing-forward/jumping parrot> and <vettukkiLi>, it seems such a splitting is appropriate. I...
vvrsps@...
May 1, 2001 6:10 pm
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[My previous reply seems to have been lost by Yahoo] ... All Speculation that is not related to the core issue on hand. ... Can we get back to caGkam era...
Periannan Chandraseka...
perichandra@...
May 1, 2001 7:23 pm
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... Dear Sir, thanks for your kind words ... Regarding etymologies in general, I tend to follow what cEn2Avaraiyar says in his commentary to tolkAppiyam...
Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD
JLC@...
May 1, 2001 9:43 pm
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... viRali is from viRal. Like basavi is from the kannada cognate of tamil vayam. vayam and viRal are very close in the meanings. If viRali is not from viRal,...
naga_ganesan@...
May 1, 2001 10:42 pm
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How are the drums like aakuLi and makuLi (akam 19) named? Ancient tamil priests like vElan were "cooling" the spirits. It is clear from names like...
naga_ganesan@...
May 1, 2001 11:06 pm
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Thanks for giving the Nammalvar pAsuram. She is also called cETTai (< skt. jyESTA) in Tamil Alvars. ToNTaraTippoTi AzvAr, TirumAlai 10 ... nATTin2An2 teyvam...
naga_ganesan@...
May 2, 2001 12:45 am
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Respected CTamilists, My humble request for consideration: I am not interested in verbal matches as is routine in soc.culture.tamil or other tamil fora like...
naga_ganesan@...
May 2, 2001 4:46 am
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... I checked V.M.S.'s translation for this verse and it reads thus: kUTTin2 Ar kiLiyin2 viruttam uraittatu Or eliyin2 tozil pATTu mey coli pakkamE celum...
Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD
JLC@...
May 2, 2001 8:17 am
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... Surely viRali is from viRal. But the point is that the word viRal has two entirely disconnected senses: one is: strength and the other is: physical...
Dear CTamilists, It was an interesting exchange between Tiru.Chandra and Tiru.Ganesan on the ViRaliars. There is a place called 'viRali maLai' near Tiruchi,...
Dear Ganesan, It appears that a lot of these exchanges can be minimized if you sit down and write a coherent article outlining your thoughts. After all as a...
mmanivannan@...
May 3, 2001 6:59 am
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the CTamil group: Should we make it a policy on the CTamil discussion list to accompany, whenever...
CTamil@yahoogroups.com
May 3, 2001 11:40 am
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Dear Tiru. Manivannan, I fully understand that My ideas do not fit with creation of utopias such as "caste does not exist in first centuries A.D. in TN" when ...
naga_ganesan@...
May 3, 2001 1:24 pm
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I think it will be a good idea to quote not only CTamil texts, but also University and academic publications from India and the West. As we are discussing CT...
naga_ganesan@...
May 3, 2001 2:30 pm
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... Dear Mani, Thanks for pointing out such an ancient proverb. Scolars point out this is ingrained in Tamils' thinking, and one of the reasons for creating...
naga_ganesan@...
May 3, 2001 3:50 pm
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tamizanbarkaLe tamizmoziyin celvaNGaLe: tayavu ceiytu veRuppuNDAkkum mAtRutal mUlam inta avaiyaiyum indAlaji avayattaippOl AkkAtIrkaL. nanRi. va vE irAman Dear...
vvrsps@...
May 3, 2001 4:14 pm
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Dear Prof. Raman, I quoted what Vettam Mani (of Kerala) says in his masterpiece, Puranic Encyclopaedia. I did search for the Kamban poem where...
naga_ganesan@...
May 3, 2001 6:04 pm
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We have in late old Tamil, forms like "tiritartal", "uzitartal". Often expressed as "uzitarkin2-", "tiritarkin2-". For examples, check Cologne database with...
naga_ganesan@...
May 3, 2001 7:28 pm
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... Sometime ago I gave this example of tiruppAvai 15 ("cil enRu azaiyEnmin pOtar(u)kinREn") on this list, I think. Hope this helps, LS...
lsrinivas@...
May 3, 2001 7:57 pm
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Dear CTamilists, it is now 2 weeks since I started this experience of creating the CTamil list and I would like to evaluate the result. So far, there are 36...
Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD
JLC@...
May 3, 2001 7:59 pm
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ellA aNGattinar cArpAkavum en cArpAgavum tiru SeviyyAr avargaLukku inta min-avaiyai ArambittataRkAka eNGaLuDaiya manamAnRa naRiyai teruvikka viRumpukiREn. Au...
vvrsps@...
May 3, 2001 8:32 pm
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... greatness; ... emotions ... who ... I find in the paper form of MTL that the reference for viRal's 6th sense(!) listed above is a commentary (Nacc.?) for...
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