More importantly, I think, it tells us the etymology
of the word "gOpuram" does not lie in "gO" (cow) but
in "gOpyatE" -- i.e. protection.
If the "amarakOsa" (Sanskrit lexicon) is to be
accepted, then "gOpuram" has really nothing to do with
"gO shabdham" at all.
I wonder what other learned members think!
Rgds,
dAsan,
Sudarshan
--- jayasartn <jayasartn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
---------------------------------
SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.
I think the following mail sets at rest the question
of origin and
meaning of the words gOpuram and vimAnam.
Since the meanings tally with the Tamil meanings found
in ChoodAmaNi
nikandu and since the derivations are in
Sanskrit,these words must
have originated in Sanskrit and later got adopted into
Tamil and had
come into stay in popular usage.
jayasree saranathan.
-- In tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sudarshan K
Madabushi"
<mksudarshan2002@xxxx> wrote:
> --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "champakam"
<champakam@xxxx>
> wrote:
> The following extract from the amara koSa
vyAkhyAna-s might have
> already been presented, but since I do not recall
seeing it, I am
> adding it here.
>
> Gopuram:
>
> The definition given for the word is "gopyate
pauraih iti gopuram" -
> The protection for a city, or "gopyate purasthaih
iti gopuram" -
The
> protection at the front. Typically, this refers to
the citygate.
> amarapada pArijAta of mallinAtha gives the
definition - nagara
dvAram
> gopuram syAt - a reference to the citygate or
entrance to the
city.
>
> The roots involved are:
>
> 'gupU - rakshaNe - to defend, to protect, to
conceal', and
> 'pure - agra gamane - to go ahead'. In the current
context, it
> should mean 'the place in front, or the front
entrance' - purah
pUrvo
> deSah. Puram also means temple ? "mandirampuram
pATaluputre
mandire
> cApi kathyate".
>
> VAman Apte gives one of the meanings as "the
ornamental gateway of
a
> temple", which is the sense in which it is commonly
used by most of
> us now.
>
> VimAnam:
>
> The meaning given for the term `vimAnam' by a
translator for the
> amara koSa vyAkhyAna-s is: "divine aerial car". The
definition
given
> by li'ngAyasUrin is ? vimAnti vartante devA atra iti
vimAnam ? The
> place where the deva-s reside. In common usage, the
place where
the
> structure above the garbha gRham where the Deity is
consecrated, is
> called vimAnam. Devotees may recall the reference
to `pushpaka
> vimAnam', in which Lord rAma traveled while
returning from the vana
> vAsam, the vaidika vimAnam of Lord Sar'ngapANI of
tirukkuDanthai,
the
> praNavAkAra vimAnam of Lord SrI ra'nganAtha, and the
Ananda nilaya
> vimAnam of Lord SrInivAsa of tiruppati.
>
> -dAsan Krishnamachari
> --- End forwarded message ---
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