Guest guest Posted August 21, 1998 Report Share Posted August 21, 1998 nammaa.lvaar tiruvaDigaLE sharaNam ! I remember reading somewhere that "shaTa" means "cunning", and "kopa" means "anger". Curious why namaa.lvaar got the "baddest" name, "shaTa-kopa". Thanks, -Ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 1998 Report Share Posted August 21, 1998 Dear Sriman Gopalaswamy : SaTha means the saTha vaayu or Satha breath and not cunning . kOpA means anger and hence the compounded name of SathakOpA means one who was angry at Satha vaayu and drove it away by a hUnkAram , while he was in his mother's womb . Why is this Satha Vaayu bad for the AzhwAr to be angry at it ? This Vaayu is considered responsbile for Transmigratory births even while a child is in the womb of its mother . Azhwaar is credited with the conquest of this Vaayu and thereby put an end to the cycle of transmigratory births . He was a muktha Jivan and had incarnated to bless us with his Sri Sookthis to liberate us .He would have not put up with the Satha Vaayu and its chEshtais . Being blessed to bear his name , thanks to the foresight of my parents , I am happy to be the first one to answer your question on this important point . My name was given to me because I was born in Kettai nakshthram , which is the constellation under which the First AhObila Matam Jeeyar , Sri Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar was born . I asked my father for having chosen this name for me and he gave me the above explanation . I Knew one SangItha VidvAn by the Name , Sri V.V.Sadagopan , who used "d" and "g" in spelling his name . I adopted it as a boy and that is why I spell my name as " Sadagopan " instead of " SathakOpan "as it should be spelled . Satha also means inertia and SathakOpan means , the One who conquered inertia that prevents one from seeking the lotus feet of the SarvalOka SaraNyan .One who is active can therfore be also called SathagOpan as one , who is angry at inertia . This is a loukhika explanation . V.Sadagopan At 12:37 PM 8/21/98 -0400, you wrote: > >nammaa.lvaar tiruvaDigaLE sharaNam ! > >I remember reading somewhere that "shaTa" means "cunning", and >"kopa" means "anger". > >Curious why namaa.lvaar got the "baddest" name, "shaTa-kopa". > >Thanks, > >-Ram > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 1998 Report Share Posted August 21, 1998 On 8/21/98 11:51 AM Sri Ram wrote :- ______________________________Quote_________________________________ nammaa.lvaar tiruvaDigaLE sharaNam ! I remember reading somewhere that "shaTa" means "cunning", and "kopa" means "anger". Curious why namaa.lvaar got the "baddest" name, "shaTa-kopa". Thanks, -Ram _____________________________Unquote________________________________ That is not the meaning of shaTakOpan. The reason for the name is as follows :- When a child is in the womb of its mother, a type of vAyu called shaTa vAyu will make the child to lose its intelligence and the rememberances of the previous birth. When NammAzhwAr was born, it is said that he got rid of this shaTa vAyu by a "hoongAram" with anger. So the name shaTakOpar means " one who got rid of the shaTa vAyu by his anger." This is the reason for the name. NammAzhwAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam. adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 1998 Report Share Posted August 21, 1998 Thanks to shrii. V. Sadagopan and shrii. T.V. Venkatesh for clarifying why namma.lvaar came to be called "shaTakopa". -Ram PS:- I had confused "shaTa" with "shaTha" (= cunning); the latter with an aspirated retroflex 'Th'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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