Dear Sri Rajagopalan,
Thank you. This is what even the friend from Harvard
University, Sri Naresh has also pointed out.
If "gOpuram" is indeed of Tamil origin, I wonder what
the Sanskrit word for temple tower is? Perhaps it is
"vimAna"?
Can anyone throw some light?
Rgds,
Sudarshan
> From: "Ramasamy Rajagopalan"
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> To: "sudarshan madabushi"
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> Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] The word "gOpuram"
>
> Â Pranams to all bhaagavathaas,
>
> Recently I heard the opportunity to listen a
> speech of a great scholar, who said that KO in Tamil
> means King and puram means the city, which means
> Gopuram means the city of the King. Our king is
> Lord Narayana or Shiva . So also KoVil in tamil
> means the Ill ( Illam)
> of the KO, also known as KOVIL. KO+ Ill is KOIL or
> KOVIL.
> I have just given another interpretation. That is
> all.
>
> Daasan,
> Prof.Dr.R.Rajagopalan.
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