Guest guest Posted June 28, 2000 Report Share Posted June 28, 2000 > Which are the names which should be addressed differently > while saying Abivadaye. > > My sons name is Manavalan. Can he say 'Manavala sarmanaha > aham'. Hi Sri Ramanujan, The only consideration is that your name be the one given during the nAmakaraNam, and that it be in Sanskrit, since the abhivAdana is said in Sanskrit. To illustrate, I know a person who goes by the common name "bAlAji", but whose nAmakaraNa name is "pakshirAjan", a descriptive epithet of Garudaazhvaar. "bAlAji" is not in Sanskrit nor is it strictly speaking his given name, so he says "pakshirAja-Sarma" during his abhivAdanam. If your name is "maNavALan", it is presumably short for "azhagiya maNavALan", a name for Lord Ranganatha meaning "handsome bridegroom". You can substitute either "ramya-jAmAtar-SarmA" or "saumya-jAmAtar-SarmA" since this is the Sanskrit equivalent for your name. The best option is to ask your parents what your nAmakaraNa name is, assuming you have one, and use that -- but in practice the above two equivalents will work just fine. daasan Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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