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pOdhagam
 
pOdhagam is another word referring to the giant animal elephant.
 
The killing of the fierce elephant kuvalaiyApETam is referred to by Sri kaliyan in the sixth ten of Thriumozhi.
 
'pugu vAi ninRa..pOdhagam vEzhap porudhAnUr'6-5-6;
 
Surpisingly Sri kulasEkarAzhwAr seems to have used several words alluding to the jumbo. He again compares EmperumAn with that of the elephant.
 
'..vEAzhap pOdhagam anna vandhAlOa'  PerumAL ThiruMozhi 7-1;
 
 
(more to come on elephants)
 
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
 
 


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