shatagopa? [GITA JAYANTI : TOMMORROW ( THURSDAY - EKADASI)]

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> " Krishna Kalale " <kkalale1 wrote:

>Srimathe srivan shatagopa sri vedanta desika yatindra maha desikaya

>namah

>Srimathe sri Lakshmi nrisimha divya paduka sevaka srivan shatagopa

>sri narayana yatindra mahadesikaya namah

 

The divine name of SrImath namAzwAr is being spelt in various ways in the

many communications of many people, which I have observed; According to me

the name may be written as SaTakOpa or SatakOpa.

 

Shatagopa, Satagopa, satagopa, shatagopa etc., does not appear to convey

the meaning of the original Sanskrit term.

 

Therefore, I request the members to follow a uniform spelling convention for

writing the name of our SrI VaishNava kulapathi - SaraNAgatha santhAna

jana-kUtastha swAmy namAzwAr. This request is extended for all such

Sanskrit terms/verses quoted in the communications.

 

Even the spelling that I have suggested may be verified against the standards

adopted in Sanskrit transliteration. The aim of this mail is to only request

people to ensure the divine name of our swAmy namAzwAr written properly in the

communications mentioning it. No offence/criticism is meant in any form in

this suggestion.

 

If an uniform tranliteration standard is maintained regarding writing

Sanskrit terms/verses, it will help the reader to study it more

clearly.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI RAmAnuja DAsan (mshari)

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DEar sri M.S Hari,

 

thanks for the correction regarding SaTakopa - term. I think my

pronunciation also is influenced by english language. Particularly when Dr.

Sadagopan - uses g instead of k in his name, and when people chant tanians

of our acharyas, they pronounce 'g' instead of k, slowly over ages, it has

affected my view on it. I checked the sanskrit books. the tanians clearly

include k - ie. satakopa. It makes sense since gopa - means protector and

kopa means " anger " - against the sata - vayu or in other words - " one that

spurns this normal mode of mortal bondage " .

 

adiyen Krishna Kalale