Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Dear Sri Rajagopalan, Thank you. This is what even the friend from Harvard University, Sri Naresh has also pointed out. If "gOpuram" is indeed of Tamil origin, I wonder what the Sanskrit word for temple tower is? Perhaps it is "vimAna"? Can anyone throw some light? Rgds, Sudarshan > "Ramasamy Rajagopalan" > <rrajagopalan36 > "sudarshan madabushi" > <mksudarshan2002 > CC: , > oppiliappan, > tiruvenkatam > Re: The word "gOpuram" > > Â Pranams to all bhaagavathaas, > > Recently I heard the opportunity to listen a > speech of a great scholar, who said that KO in Tamil > means King and puram means the city, which means > Gopuram means the city of the King. Our king is > Lord Narayana or Shiva . So also KoVil in tamil > means the Ill ( Illam) > of the KO, also known as KOVIL. KO+ Ill is KOIL or > KOVIL. > I have just given another interpretation. That is > all. > > Daasan, > Prof.Dr.R.Rajagopalan. ______________________ India Matrimony: Find your partner online. http://.shaadi.com/india-matrimony/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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