Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Dear Bhagavatas: Enough has been said on the subject. This will be the last posting allowed in "Sri Ranga Sri". Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Moderator =================================================== >jasn sn <jayasartn >tiruvenkatam >tiruvenkatam >[t'venkatam] puram in gOpuram >Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:19:48 -0700 (PDT) > >SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA > >with reference to the following mail by Sri Arul mari, >I have got this to say. > >The 'puram' in gOpuram is not same as 'puRam'with the >vallina 'ra', also known as peria 'ra'. >This must be read as 'puram' in 'andha-p-puram' in the >king's place which is earmarked for the women folks of >the royal family. >To cite another example, the word puram in >'puramerittha paraman netri-k-kaNNil udhittha' in the >song 'Sharavana bhava enum'is also a word having small >'ra' or edaiyina 'ra'. >The point that I am coming to say is the 'ra' in words >like gOpuram, andha-p-puram and muppuram are similar >and denote 'some location'. Whereas the big'ra' as in >veLi-p-puram'and 'pura nanuru' are used to mean the >place that is outside. >I think the interpretation or derivation of the term >gOpuram must be seen from this angle. > >jayasree saranathan > > >Message: 14 > Thu, 03 Jun 2004 07:51:38 -0000 > "Sudarshan K Madabushi" ><mksudarshan2002 >Fwd: Re: The word "gOpuram" > >, "Srinivasa-Gopalan >Sampathkumar" ><arulmari@l...> wrote: >Dear All., > >the explanation given by Sri Srinivasan Swami is >wrong. > >In tamil the backside "puram" will be written with >periya "rra" and not chinna "ra" as it is written in >Gopuram. Hence, this cannot be the meaning. > >It is very important to check the fundamental spelling >differences in tamil script before passing on meanings >(wrong meanings) to a large number of people in a >forum >like this. > >The unfortunate thing is that such things do get >propagated >and people accept it without questioning. > >Let us not be responsible for the propagation of >wrong meanings. > >thanks for your understanding. > >-arulmari > > >--------- > >DATE: Fri, 28 May 2004 18:53:56 >Srinivasan Iyengar <sriniv1410> > >Cc: sriniv1410 > > >Dear Patrons of this site, > > > >Namaskarams. I can explain a little about the word > >Gopuram in my sense of understanding. > > > >Go is Cow. Puram is back side. > > > >The shape of the temple tower is like the cow looked > >from the back side with ears standing up. Hence > >Gopuram. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Srinivasan > > > > > > > > > > >__________ >Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow >Pages >http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/defau >lt.asp?SRC=lycos10 >--- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > > > > > >Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. >http://messenger./ > > > >Namo VenkateshAya namah: > > >To Post a message, send it to: tiruvenkatam (AT) eGroups (DOT) com > >To Un, send a blank message to: >tiruvenkatam- (AT) eGroups (DOT) com > Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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