Tamil enunciations

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I always thought that Tamil purists did not accept Sanskrit words.

The Alwars used Sanskrit more often as did the Vaishnavites and

I think this did antagonize the modern Tamils a lot.

I still feel vEngadam ( ta after MM is da ) could have come

vEngai meaning tigers.

Of course enunciations depend on territory. One can get upset

about it. I remeber returning Yesudas's rigved back, because

Vedas can be chanted only one way. Sometimes even the North

India rendering hits you. Same is Balamuralikrishna's

renderings. He should have kept to Kirthanas. That may be because

I am not a telugu.

Tamil's reduced no. of consonants depends on pronounciation

by proximity. Kampan is really Kambhan.

May be one of you can check into the standardized writing

of Sanskrit and Tamil in Roman letters.

Krish