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--- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ramasamy  Rajagopalan" 
<rrajagopalan36@xxxx> wrote:

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.

                        ***********
Sir,
Can you also please shed some light on whether "puram" (city) is a 
Tamil or Sanskrit word? "kO" may well be of Tamil origin but I 
think "pur", "pura" and "puri" are all rooted in Sanskrit. (Hastina-
pur, NichulApuri, Nava-dvAra-pura, for example). If 'kO' is Tamil 
and 'puram' Sanskrit in origin, then "gOpuram" must be a happy blend 
of the two. Never did I imagine that I was using 'manipravAlam' 
everytime I looked up at a temple-tower and said: "gOpuram"!  

Thanks,
Rgds,
dAsan,
Sudarshan




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