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: At 07:32 AM 4/7/01 -0000, you wrote

 

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Tamil and Sanskrit originated from the same source?

 

By Peer Moohd

I sometimes think that it could be true,,,in srilanka great fight was

for 'sri' or 'thiru'..thinking that thiru is a pure tamil word,,,

but 'thiru' has its root in the vedic sanskrit word 'thri'

or 'thra' ,, the word thrisulam denotes a sacred thing ,not

thirisulam,,

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Suulam was an ancient weapon. It was a very sharp

spike made of iron with an iron shaft.

It resembled the javelin of the Western countries.

This weapon was used for impaling.

One gruesome form of this type of weapon was the

much dreaded 'kalzhu'.

'Kalzhu' impalement was also practiced by the

Ancient Malays. In the Malay language, the process of

imaplement is known as 'Bersula'. 'Sula' is the weapon.

There were several varients of the suulam. The

commonest variant was the 'muththalai chuulam' or

'muuvilai chuulam'. It had three heads. The Westerners

called this weapon, the 'Trident'. The Greek god

Poseidon, the god of sea, bears a trident. You can also

see the the tutelary goddess Brittania bearing a shield

and a trident.

 

Regards

 

JayBee

 

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