Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha, Mountain of Emerald Gems

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SrI:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

 

Dear SrI SaThakOpan swAmi,

 

I thank you for sending the article by SrI S.Rengarajan, Detorit

titled Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha, Mountain of Emerald Gems. I found

SrI S.Rengarajan to mention " pavaLak kunRu " (mountain of emerald gems).

I thought that " pavaLak kunRu " means " pravALa giri "

which means " Coral mountain " . Coral has generally red-mixed-orange

colour. I am curious to know whether the Tamil word pavaLam

(in pavaLak kunRu) also denotes the green gem emerald which is

called marakatam. I have studied authentic sabdArtam for " pavaLak kunRu "

as " pravALa giri " and " pavaLam " to mean " pravALam " . I am also curious

to know whether the term pravALam can also denote emerald gem. Is there

any reference for these to mean like this in ancient dictionaries

- Tamil/Sanskrit? or am I wrong in my understanding?

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI rAmAnuja dAsan (mshari)

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Sri:

Srimathe rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Dear Sriman M.S.Hari Swami,

 

> I thought that " pavaLak kunRu " means " pravALa giri "

> which means " Coral mountain " . Coral has generally red-mixed-orange

 

>Is there any reference for these to mean like this in ancient

>dictionaries - Tamil/Sanskrit? or am I wrong in my understanding?

 

pravAlam means coral. This I was able to check up in the Cologne

Sanskrit Lexicon. Sri Apte also gives the same meaning.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards,

 

Malolan Cadambi

 

 

 

 

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