Dear Sriman Gopalaswamy : SaTha means the saTha vaayu or Satha breath and not cunning . kOpA means anger and hence the compounded name of SathakOpA means one who was angry at Satha vaayu and drove it away by a hUnkAram , while he was in his mother's womb . Why is this Satha Vaayu bad for the AzhwAr to be angry at it ? This Vaayu is considered responsbile for Transmigratory births even while a child is in the womb of its mother . Azhwaar is credited with the conquest of this Vaayu and thereby put an end to the cycle of transmigratory births . He was a muktha Jivan and had incarnated to bless us with his Sri Sookthis to liberate us .He would have not put up with the Satha Vaayu and its chEshtais . Being blessed to bear his name , thanks to the foresight of my parents , I am happy to be the first one to answer your question on this important point . My name was given to me because I was born in Kettai nakshthram , which is the constellation under which the First AhObila Matam Jeeyar , Sri Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar was born . I asked my father for having chosen this name for me and he gave me the above explanation . I Knew one SangItha VidvAn by the Name , Sri V.V.Sadagopan , who used "d" and "g" in spelling his name . I adopted it as a boy and that is why I spell my name as " Sadagopan " instead of " SathakOpan "as it should be spelled . Satha also means inertia and SathakOpan means , the One who conquered inertia that prevents one from seeking the lotus feet of the SarvalOka SaraNyan .One who is active can therfore be also called SathagOpan as one , who is angry at inertia . This is a loukhika explanation . V.Sadagopan At 12:37 PM 8/21/98 -0400, you wrote: > >nammaa.lvaar tiruvaDigaLE sharaNam ! > >I remember reading somewhere that "shaTa" means "cunning", and >"kopa" means "anger". > >Curious why namaa.lvaar got the "baddest" name, "shaTa-kopa". > >Thanks, > >-Ram > > > >
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