Aranga

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SrI:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya namah:

 

The word "arangam" in Tamil means: stage. It can also mean the worlds or the

Universe.

 

AranganAthan- The Master of the Stage- the Master of the wrolds. He is the

Primordial Chiel; nAthan; the Only One, unparalleled and unmatched. He is

Blemishless, Faultless, having the most auspicious KalyANa guNAs.

He is untouched by the impurities of the universe though He is present

inside and outside it and does not have any evil qualities. He has countless

most enjoyable divine attributes.

 

All the world's a stage; we are all actors. It is all His Play. (leelA); The

whole world (Universe) is His leelA vibhUthi.

 

It is His compassion that He has given us opportunity of these human births

and has blessed us with a thinking / contemplating about Him.

 

Swamy Desikan has composed upakara sangraham enlisting all His Help

(upakaaram) to us.

 

 

my two cents worth.

Regards

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn dAsan

 

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cida.aragao

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Aranga

Mon, 07 May 2001 13:37:54 -0000

 

Dear people of Bhakti-list,

 

I'm a brazilian, trying to find out the meaning of the Tamil

word ARANGA.

 

If someone could help me in finding its translation and meaning.

 

Thank you for your help

 

 

Cida de Aragão

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sh Madhavakkannan

 

Your interpretation to the word 'Arangam' and the meaning the word carries

and relating it to the Lord's play ground etc. are very much correct and

true if the word meaning is taken as 'stage'. But with my understanding the

sanskrit word 'Ranga' which means 'PerAnandam' in Tamil

and Ranga Nathan/Rajan implies Lord is supreme bestower of such

'PerAnandam' (Union with the God). In Tamil, words should not start with

letter 'ra' or 'la'.

So letters 'A' or 'E' are added for words that start with 'ra' or 'la'

depending on the word. (Arangan, Eraman, Elakshmanan etc. though we

pronounce it as

Rangan, Raman, Laksmanan) So 'Ranga' becomes 'Aranga' in support of tamil

grammer (here definitely not in opposite sense, of course there are some

words that gives opposite/negative meaning when 'A' is added ). But here

when 'A' is added it sounds the actual tamil word 'Arangam' (stage) in place

of 'A'

added to sanskrit word 'Ranga'. And also to my knowledge there is no tamil

word like 'ranga' and it is truly Sanskrit. The Ranganathashtakam composed

by Adi shankara starts with 'Ananda roopey .....' which refers 'PerAnandam'

as the sanskrit word 'Ranga' implies.

 

The interpretations given here are my own with whatever little literary

knowledge I have

in Tamil and poor knowledge in sanskrit. So I invite scholars to correct me

if I am wrong.

 

Namo Narayana

 

Adiyen

 

Balaji K

 

 

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"Madhavakkannan V" <srivaishnavan

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