re puri kshethram discusions

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Dear Srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

Re discussion going on in the list on puri kshethram. Here is my one paise

worth.

The word puri in tamil has more than one meaning

Puri in verb form has a meaning "dosei" (ordering a person to carry out

some work) - to tell in tamil grammar it is "Eval"- "kadavuLukku sevai

purinthaayaa? Have you done service to the Lord?

Puri in noun form is "town" - example "simhapuri" as our Singapore friends

name their place in their mails.

Puri in noun form has another meaning "turning" like "valam puri" or "idam

puri" meaning right turn or left turn.

Actually "puri" the place in Orissa state where my beloved Krishna resides

is called the "jagannaatham" or "jagannaatha kshethram" in Sri vaishnava

paribhaashai and not as puri.

What Sriman Sadagopan swamy said as "poori" is also partially not correct,

since long time back [at least 10 years if I remember correct], the name of

the town is changed to puri by the Orissa government. [like Madras is

changed to Chennai, Mumbai and few others with kolkata the latest].

On the pan cake poori I will not comment since it is not relevant to the

topic on puri.

Puri in samskrit means a town, a river, a fortress, a castle, a city, a

place containing large buildings surrounded by a ditch, the female

apartments, a house, an abode, residence, receptacle an upper storey of a

building etc [Refer Samskrit English dictionary by Monier williams page 635

puri - 2 pura]

Sriman Sundararajan writes "I am distressed --Does not the 'sampradhaayam'

merit greater attention and preparation?"

Language is a means to understand any sampradhaayam and the merits of it.

"Arulichcheyals" have been retained and passed on to us through the medium

of language. So any doubts on the language front, have to be cleared first,

to fully understand realise, and carry there after the impact of the

arulichcheyals.

Greater attention on the sampradhaayam comes once the full purport and

impact of words used in the sampradhaayam is understood, then realised and

then practised. So such genuine doubts have to be cleared across in the

forum.

On the preparation front, I agree with Sundararajan. Perhaps Sri Malolan

could have checked with in private mail on this, instead of sending to the

list.

Dhaasan Vasudevan M.G.