These rules apply to borrowed words in tamil. Adding a little more of the rules, when the word begins with short 'ra' as in 'ranga' letter 'a' precedes it as in 'aravam' 'arambhaiyar' etc. When the word starts with a long 'aa' as in ramanuja, letter 'i' precedes it as in 'irAmanuja' 'iramayana' etc. When the word starts with 'ru' or 'ruu' or 'ro' or 'lo' then the word is preceded by 'u' as in 'uruvam' 'uruupam' 'ulokam' 'urohini' etc. It is seen that 'uruupam' became 'uruvam' 'ulokam' became 'ulaham' etc. Regards Ramanuja On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, sudarshan subramanian wrote: > Dear Sri Suresh, > > In Tamil, Ranganathan is written as Aranganathan > because of a grammatical rule that exists. Any word > beginning with "Ra" or "R" should be preceded by > either "a" or "e". Therefore, going with this rule > only, Ramayanam is written in Tamil as ERamayanam. > > Corrections are welcome. > > Regards, > Sudarshan > > > --- suresh iyengar <kp_suresh512@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Dear Bhagavathas > > > > This child is thrilled with immediate response for > > its > > doubts. > > > > Can some one tell me the difference between word > > "Ranga" and "Arangan"? usually when we add 'A' to a > > word it is to indicate the opposite I thought. In > > this > > case what is the word "Ranga" means and what > > "Aranga" > > means > > > > Thanks once again for all Bhagavathas > > > > Adiyen > > > > Suresh > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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