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Indira Vizha - Tamil Velentine's Day
Hi every one, I just finished writing(typing will be more accurate since I had no input form my side) a blog . The blog has full translation in English of the various acts of the lovers in Indira Vizha celebration in Silapadikaram. A very poetica…

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Chillis
Intro to eggplant in wiki "The eggplant, aubergine, or brinjal (Solanum melongena) is a plant of the family Solanaceae (also known as the nightshades) and genus Solanum. It bears a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cook…

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Babies with Tamil names to get gold ring

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Indian authors in English
Recently I read White Tiger by Arvind Agada. The book was brilliant.

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Babies with Tamil names to get gold ring
> but then would all this make the power of tamil grow? > its almost a crime when the government exempts movies with tamil > names from paying taxes. how much loss to the exchequer. At least for Tamil Film names if they give ok, They give…

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ARR wins Oscars
Second Oscar too.... Malathi munthikittanga..I thought I would be first to post.. Ella Pugalum Iraivanukke!

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trincomalee was a saivite town in sangam period?
Hi, Bit of googling I came across this "The Complete Text of the Popular Northern Version in Antiquated English: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text, by K. M. Ganguli, tran…

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siva in sangam age
Hi, I some how see the message got misinterpreted some where in this big discussion. So let me try to sum up the discussion and why some points where made so that it will be clear for every one. It started out Shiva being in Sangam Literature- o…

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Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai - New Site - Beta
Hi Thiru, Just Visited it. The interface is really good.

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siva in sangam age
In early sangam poem The feast means, Rice with pure Ghee! and also meat eating was present. In Silapadikaram I read about stalls in Madurai which sells Modagam. In village side if we go they also make Kepai dosai (latestly seen in Poo movie). We …

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siva in sangam age
Then what about Silapadikaram? The first night episode of Kovalan Kannagi is one of best ever written love poems http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/silapadigaram-kovalan- kannagi-lovemaking/ This was written by Illango Adigal, who was Jain…

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siva in sangam age
Usaully when I explain people about one culture's influence over another I try to take this example.... Chilli was brought to India only by the British from South America. So technically we didn't have chillies before 1700s or even 1800…

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siva in sangam age
Hi Satish, As I mentioned in the post I would stick on to say Valluvar was knowledgeable in Jainism, Sanskrit Literature and Tamil indigenous culture. I surely wouldn't go into debate of which religion he belonged to. The greatness of the Lit…

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siva in sangam age
Yeah VV thats my point, Though Rama was Kshtriya he was a Hindu. I pointed that out to say Hinduism accepted Meat eaters. Thirukkural Dating - one thing for sure is, it is after Sangam due to language evidence. The next thing to note is, if its a…

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siva in sangam age
Another thing to note here is we are not going totally into issue of meat eating of Brahmins. I just remember VJ telling me some time ago that Rama was meat eater in Ramayana. This simply means that Hinduism accepted meat eating, While Jains and …

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siva in sangam age
Thanks Mr.Mouli, Now at least one question seems to be solved, There seems to be a sure influence of Jains and Bhuddist in Strict Vegetarian principles of Hindus. I remember some one writing about Hinduism. "The religion doesn't have …

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siva in sangam age
Hi Venkatesh, Then the most interesting question to be answered here is why Vedic brahmins/Aryans didn't eat meat? Jains mainly opposed it since it meant to murder of an living being. This principle of theirs can be tranced in them not eat…

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siva in sangam age
Hi Venkatesh, An Approximate guess from my side...my answer would be on this point... Early Hindus/Aryans believed in Animal Sacrifice. Even in Ramayana you can see Brahmins performing animal sacrifice. Only after arrival one Upanishads close to th…

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siva in sangam age
Thank fully I have two post in my blog pertaining to your doubts, On Auvaiyar please see this blog http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/how-many-auvaiyars/ On temples(not sure of temple...but considered holy place for Murugan of Sangam Age) O…

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TAMIL AUTHORS' BOOKS NATIONALISED IN TN BUDGET
In that case...it is now not illegal to scan these books and put it online...isn't it? Vairam

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siva in sangam age
This is one of my old blogs which has details on Three Sangams- Myths and facts. http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/sangamessay/

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siva in sangam age
On Thirukural Dating, Internal evidence which suggest later age of Thirukkural according to Dr.Zvelebil in his most famous book ' Smile of Murugan'. " A number of important grammatical innovations occur in the language of this text…

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siva in sangam age
And for Thirukural Dating there are various papers available and this is part of my personal communication with Dr. S. Palaniappan Ph.D. President South Asia Research and Information Institute "As regards teaching of history, it is pathetic. …

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siva in sangam age
Please read the following blog of mine for dating of Silapadikaram...it is a very brief out line... for more detailed version I can mail you Dr. Zvelebil's essays on dating of Thirukural and Silapadikaram, which has details of internal evide…

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siva in sangam age
> what iam trying to say is that saivism was prevalent in sangam period. > but it was not included in the 18 mel kanakku. this was due to the > influence of jains. Keep aside the anthologies and other influence. The question is use of …

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chidambaram letters-siva in sangam age
>>re: why some refernces- the whole lot of 11th thirumurai is full of sangam age poets only. This very disputable. Various scholars have pointed out existence of poets of identical names. Auvaiyar, Nakkirar , Akathiyar are classic examples.…

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chidambaram letters-siva in sangam age
Hi, Sangam ages according to scholars have two stages, early stages of the 8 anthologies(ettuthogai) and later 10 anthologies(pathupaatu). Even in the 8 - Paripatal and Kalithokai are considered later works. Sure there are some reference on Shiva …

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Tamil word list part 5
20 Tamil words on different colours http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/wordlist6-colours/

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Death of a great Tamil Scholar and my Inspiration - Dr. Kamil Zvelebil.
Most of his books are published by Institute of Asian Studies, Madras, but as far as i know most of his books are out of print. Available only in libraries. But if you really want to read his books, I have scanned around 8-9 of his books. I can …

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Tamil proverbs - Part 9
Karka Nirka blog's Tamil proverb collection - Part 10 http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/tamil-proverbs10/

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