Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 I believed that Kannan stood for Kaar Vannan meaning someone who's skin color is that of the color of clouds which is black. In Tamil literature clouds are usually mentioned for their darkness( Kaar Mugil). Shyam Sundar, Kannan ... I see a relation. Maybe I am not right. Jagadish > > > Harini Cadambi <h_cadambi wrote:adiyen ramanjuja dasan > namaskar > > can anyone of you tell me why is Lord Krishna > addressed as 'kannan' in tamil. > > rgds, > harini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 adiyEnathu vaNakkangaL sri rama's colour was also black ref kambaramayan baalakaandam akalikaip padalam (24) ivvaNNam nikazntha vaNNam ini intha ulakukkellaam uyvaNNam anRi maRRu Or thuyar vaNNam uRuvathu undO mai vaNNaththu arakki pOril mazai vaNNaththu aNNalE un kai vaNNam anduk kandEn , kaal vaNNam ingu kandEn i beg to remain parankucan Jagadish Devarajan <jagadish wrote:I believed that Kannan stood for Kaar Vannan meaning someone who's skin color is that of the color of clouds which is black. In Tamil literature clouds are usually mentioned for their darkness( Kaar Mugil). Shyam Sundar, Kannan ... I see a relation. Maybe I am not right. Jagadish > > > Harini Cadambi wrote:adiyen ramanjuja dasan > namaskar > > can anyone of you tell me why is Lord Krishna > addressed as 'kannan' in tamil. > > rgds, > harini > ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Group Home: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of is subject to Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 This is speculation as well.. Having been brought up in north India, I had always believed that the name Kannan ,while meaningful in itself, was borrowed from what Braj-vasis lovingly called (and still call) our Kannan--Kanahaiyaa or Kaanha. This still doesn't explain why they called him that though. Maybe it was a commonly used "pet-name" for the name Krishna. adiyen rAmAnuja dAsan > I believed that Kannan stood for Kaar Vannan meaning someone who's skin > color is that of the color of clouds which is black. In Tamil literature > clouds are usually mentioned for their darkness( Kaar Mugil). > > Shyam Sundar, Kannan ... I see a relation. > > Maybe I am not right. > > Jagadish > > > > > > > > Harini Cadambi <h_cadambi wrote:adiyen ramanjuja dasan > > namaskar > > > > can anyone of you tell me why is Lord Krishna > > addressed as 'kannan' in tamil. > > > > rgds, > > harini > > > > > ----------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - > To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list > Group Home: bhakti-list > Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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