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" > <rrajagopalan36@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "sudarshan madabushi" > <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> > CC: srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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