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kaimA

 

kaimA representing a long hand also refers to an elephant has also been used as

noun and adjective by AzhwAr-s.

 

What does this hand possess -tusk alluding to wealth and this is what

ThriumangaiAzhwAr mentions in the mAmalla puram pAsuram.The tusks are being

carried sagging the vessels on the sea towards Thriukkadal mallai. Similarly,

the wealth of ThriunaRaiyUr is embedded with this teeth of the jumbo.

 

'pulam koL nidhik kuvaiyOdu-puzhaik kaimA kaLiRRinamum' The Elpheants with

tusks; kaimA- adjective. Periya Thirumzohi 2-6-6;

 

'pushaik kaimA karik kODum' The tusks of elephants.kaimA-Adjective 6-9-6;

 

 

Here comes however the masterpiece. It is not that PeiryAzhwAt alone has

compared the walking elegance of the Lord with that of the elephant. Here is

the pAsuram from KulasEkarAzhwAr. Dasaratha chakravarthy does not miss the Lord

when he was in exile. He also yearned for the walk of the Almighty. He longed

for the style of the stroll of Sri Chakravarthith Thirumagan

'kaimAvin nadai anna nadai azhagum ' The elephant like soft walk. perumAL

Thriumzohi 9-6; kaimA-noun.

Is it all on elephants ? more to follow.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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Mukund [krupa (AT) singnet (DOT) com.sg] Friday, September 02, 2005 9:06

AM'Vanamamalai'; 'ramanuja'; 'Oppiliappan';

'divyadesams'RE: The Elephant 5-kaimA

SrI:

 

Dear SrI Padmanabhan svami,

 

The Elephant series clearly brings the picture of the vEzham mentioned in

various pAsurams, which sometimes refer to SrI Rama and SrI KrishNA too.

 

This particular term 'kaimA' is a special word in tamizh in that it means only

the elephant.

 

All the other terms referring to the Jumbo, have atleast two different meanings.

 

aDiyEn recalls a sanga-t-tamizh-p-pADal which has a talaivan telling talaivi on

the elephant he has got in dAnam.

 

As he tells that he has got a 'kari' or 'vEzham' or 'kaLiRu' or 'kambamA', she takes it differently.

 

But when he says 'kaimA' , she is awe-struck with wonder and knows what he has got in dAnam.

 

The poem ends like this:

 

...........kambamA enrEn naRkaLiyAm enrAL;

kaimmA enREn summA kalanginALE.'

 

After the 'ELEPHANT' series, please take up with the 'LOTUS' series.

 

dAsan

Mukundan

Padmanabhan

Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:58 PMramanuja; Oppiliappan;

vanamamalai; divyadesams The Elephant 5-kaimA

kaimA

 

kaimA representing a long hand also refers to an elephant has also been used as

noun and adjective by AzhwAr-s.

 

What does this hand possess -tusk alluding to wealth and this is what

ThriumangaiAzhwAr mentions in the mAmalla puram pAsuram.The tusks are being

carried sagging the vessels on the sea towards Thriukkadal mallai. Similarly,

the wealth of ThriunaRaiyUr is embedded with this teeth of the jumbo.

 

'pulam koL nidhik kuvaiyOdu-puzhaik kaimA kaLiRRinamum' The Elpheants with

tusks; kaimA- adjective. Periya Thirumzohi 2-6-6;

 

'pushaik kaimA karik kODum' The tusks of elephants.kaimA-Adjective 6-9-6;

 

 

Here comes however the masterpiece. It is not that PeiryAzhwAt alone has

compared the walking elegance of the Lord with that of the elephant. Here is

the pAsuram from KulasEkarAzhwAr. Dasaratha chakravarthy does not miss the Lord

when he was in exile. He also yearned for the walk of the Almighty. He longed

for the style of the stroll of Sri Chakravarthith Thirumagan

'kaimAvin nadai anna nadai azhagum ' The elephant like soft walk. perumAL

Thriumzohi 9-6; kaimA-noun.

Is it all on elephants ? more to follow.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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