SrI: Dear SrImathi Kalaivaani Ratnavellu: SrIman Thirukkudanthai Sampath Rengarajan has sent me a note in response to your question. SrIman Rengarajan is a Tamil scholar and understands the nuances of the words in Tamil. It is my pleasure to share his response with you: >In tamil a name cannot start with "ra" garam. It has >to begin with a prefix. One needs to be careful to make >the prefix, as it could also make new meaning and one may >loose the intended meaning somehow by attaching an incorrect >prefix. The word "i"rangan means one who sympathise. Instead of >"i"rangan it is often used as "rengan" or "Rengan". The word arangam >and Rengam mean "the great universe" (a sqaure or a place where >a "play" is taking place) where the drama is unfolding >every second. (the drama of all the jivAthmAs coming & going, and >serving the Lord and so on ..). Sri Arangan is the short form for Sri >Aranganathan. Sri Rengan is the short form of Sri Rengarajan. (Rengi >is the short form of calling Sri Rengan with uRimai!) Lord Sri >Arangan is the master of this "a"rangu. The sanskrit word "Sri" is >a prefix for everyone as similar to how Rangan is called as Srirangan. >The tamil letter "a" replaces "Sri" when Srirangan is written in tamil. The >tamil letter "a" means Sri or thAyAr or ammA. One can >go on explain this "a"rangan with reference to AzhwAr Sri sutkthis. adiyEn >think this is enough as a very simple explanation for >this question. > >Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam >adiyEn irAmAnusa dAsan >thiruk kudanthai Sampath Rengarajan
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