kaNNi-nuN SiRu-t-tAmbu.

[Guest guest]

May I suggest the above roman spelling for the name of madhura-kavikaL's

prabandham ?

 

At any rate, it is not "kanninu*m* ", but "kaNNi-nuN".

 

Another noticeable common mistake occurs in the SAttu-muRai verse,

 

"aDiyArkaL vAzha, ... kaDal-SUzhnda

man-n-ulakam vAzha, ..." (the *n* being two-looped, as in, say, "unnai"),

 

Many MIS-recite this as "maN-N-ulakam" (with the voiced three-looped *n*, as in,

say, "veNNai").

 

There are no misprints in the editions of AV Bible, and the old editions with

rare misprints (*printers* bible, *vinegar* bible) have become collector-items.

Likewise, no errors are tolerated in making the Synagogue scrolls of the Talmud

/ Torah ~~ and, the calligraphist / katib discards the copy he is making as

soon as he discovers an error, and has to start afresh.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan,

tirumanjanam Sundara Rajan,

at Srirangam.

 

 

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:25:50 -0800 (PST)

Srinivasaramanujan TCA <tcasr

Kanninum siruttaabu - Qs

 

Dear Venkatesh,

I re-examined Kanninum SiruttAmbu in the light of your

clarifications.

I accept thet the first "anban" refers to Sriman

NArayana, the second "anban" to Sri Sathakopa and the

third "anban" to Sri Madhura Kavi.

Lover, friend and devotee appear to be the respective

meanings of the word "anban" in the three contexts.

Regards,TCASrinivasaramanujan

 

 

T. C. A Srinivasaramanujan

Email: tcasr

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Accepted transliteration for Sanskrit to Roman is to

put umlaut/diacritic to represent long

sounds[deergha], hard sound n[in Ramayana] and

Talavya sa. Sometimes, a dash above the letter or

apostrhophe is used. There is a difficulty in using

upper cases for these sounds as they can occur in the

beginning of words, anjirraia mada naaraai,

aaraavamude, uyarvara uyarnala, oorellaam tunji

ulagellaam, orunal sutram, orayiramai ulegezhanaittum

or may be of proper names like Nammazhwar, Nappinnai

etc.

Upper cases in between words are difficult to write

and comprehend for most people.

Yes, Kanninun is correct, not Kanninum, but the

context was not about the rendition, but about the

connotation of the word "anban". So, there was an

oversight. I am reminded of Sri Parasara Bhattar's

comment about "Tangal anbaarat tamadu sol valattaal

talait talai sirandu poosippa" as mentioned in Eedu

Muppattaraayirappadi.

Regards,TCASrinivasaramanujan