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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer and srimaan N.K.Ravi swamin



Yes. Kamban always places the sage's son'sname as kalaik kOttu minivan.



The word kalai has meanings such as

   1. art or saasthram ? like naattiyak kalai ? nruthya saasthram or art
   of dancing,
   2. kalai [maan] ? a herd of deer ? because the deer always sees in
   sides.
   3. a branch or a class or a sect
   4. a side
   5. vasthram ? the dress or 'angi' or clothing
   6. amsam ? nature  ? [chandhra kalai ? vaLardhalum, thEidhalum ?
   growing and decaying is moon's nature]



Similarly the word kOdu from which this kOttu has come means

   1. line
   2. ellai ? limit or boundary
   3. kombu or horn like bull's horn
   4. karai ? bank ? like river bank
   5. dhandham ? like elephant's horn
   6. vaLaivu ? a curve



So 'kalaik kOttu minivan' is a sage with a deer's horn in his head.



In raamaayaNam we have small amount of description only on this sage ? in
particular to the extent of his coming and helping king dhasaratha doing the
puthra kaama ishti.



See slokam 1-9-3 [one is baala kaandam, 9 is sargam number, 4 is slokam
number] and note as in valmikiramayan web site.



kaa*s*yapasya cha = for Sage Ka*s*yapa;

puthra: asthi = son, was there;

vibhaaNDaka ithi *s*rutha: = Vibhaandaka, thus, known as;

thasya puthra: = his son [Vibhandaka's son,] will be;

Rishyasringa ithi khyaatha = Rishyasringa, thus, renowned;

bhavishyati = will be there;

sa: muni: vanE nithya samvrudhDha: = he, that saint [Rishyasringa,] always,
in forest, grown up;

vana chara sadhaa= [that sage] Rishyasringa, forest, dwelling, always.

Meaning: sumanthra the minister of dhasaratha, said that "Sage Ka*s*yapa has
a son known as Vibhaandaka, and his son will be the renowned Sage
Rishyasringa, and that Sage Rishyasringa will grow up in forests, and will
always be dwelling in forest. [1-9-3b, 4]

Note: Here the word used by Sumanthra is thava puthra aagamam, it renders as
'the arrival of your sons', meaning that sons of King Dha*s*aratha arrive
from Heavens, but not through an ordinary parturition. Even earlier in time
to that of Dha*s*aratha, Sage Sanathkumara predicted the 'arrival' of Vishnu
as Raama. The birth-event associated with Rishyasringa's name is that he is
born with a horn on the crown of his head. Thus he is named as Rishyasringa,
i.e.,

Rishi = the Sage;
sringa = horn;

a Sage with a horn on his forehead at his birth time. This being the
mythological import, he is an acme among sages, as *s*runga also means a
peak.

In mahaa bhaaratham we have a much-detailed account. In vana parvam when the
5 brothers were living, lot of sages came and met them, and they told lot of
stories. In that one such is on sage rishya sringa. Sage maarkandeya also
came and told raamaayaNam story. Part of that rishya sringa story is
reproduced here --

"Lomasa said, 'Hear how Rishyasringa, of dreaded name, was born as a son to
Vibhandaka, who was a saint of the Brahmana caste, who had cultured his soul
by means of religious austerities, whose seed never failed in causing
generation, and who was learned and bright like the Lord of beings. The
father was highly honoured, and the son was possessed of a mighty spirit,
and, though a boy, was respected by aged man. That son of Kasyapa,
Vibhandaka, having proceeded to a big lake, devoted himself to the practice
of penances. That same saint, comparable to a god, laboured for a long
period.

Once while he was washing his mouth in the waters, he beheld the celestial
nymph Urvasi - whereupon came out his seminal fluid. O king! [MGV adds - the
story is being addressed to yudhishtira hence o king] a hind [means a kind
of deer] at that time lapped it up along with the water that she was
drinking, being thirst; and from this cause she became pregnant with child.
That same hind had really been a daughter of the gods, and had been told of
yore by the holy Brahma, the creator of the worlds, 'Thou shall be a hind;
and when in that form, thou shall give birth to a saint; thou shalt then be
freed.'

As Destiny would have it, and as the word of the creator would not be
untrue, in that same hind was born his (Vibhandaka's) son, a mighty saint.
And Rishyasringa, devoted to penances, always passed his days in the forest.
O king! there was a horn on the head of that magnanimous saint and for this
reason did he come to be known at the time by the name of Rishyasringa. And
barring his father, not a man had ever before been seen by him; therefore
his mind, O protector of men! was entirely devoted to the duties of a
continent life.

Also there are 3 naamaas in Sree vishNu sahasra naamam on this 'sringi' horn
-
1. srungiNE nama: - naamaa no. 803 occurring in slokam  85
Meaning: one who has a horn

2. na Eka srungiNE nama: - naamaa no. 769 occurring in slokam 81
Meaning: one who has not only one horn [but many]

3. mahaa srngAya nama: - naamaa no. 540 occurring in slokam 57

Meaning: the big tusked varaahaa - the great horned.


Hope it is clear.
Dhasan
-- 
Vasudevan MG


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