Teaching Sanskrit (Rauravagaama)

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         civa~naanabOtam & rauravaagama
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From: "Dominic Goodall" <ISAACSON at let.rug.nl> wrote:

>I am interested in Dr. Ganesan's statement that the Pau.skaraagama 
>contains passages that are Sanskrit redactions of the 
>civa~naanabotam.  I have heard it said that the latter work is a 
>Tamil redaction of the Rauravaagama; but this is entirely new to me.

Dominic is right, civa~naanabOtam (tamil) and Rauravaagama (sanskrit)
contain similar passages. (not the pauskaraagama as mentioned in my posting. 
I told that from memory, Sorry for the mistake.)

However, the debate about which one is the borrowing went on for decades
in Tamilnadu. There is a good book in tamil that gives 100+ reasons
showing civa~naanapOtam is the original and the rauravaagama portions
are borrowed ones.

m. baalasubramania mudaliyaar (1896 - 1958)
civ~naanapOtam mutal nUlE, mozipeyarppu alla.
1949: Saiva siddhanta Mahasamajam, Madras.

The author, m. baalasubramania mudaliyaar (1896 - 1958) had an
assumed name, mayilai kizAr. His scholarly editions of tEvAram are
wellknown. tEvAram (critical edition) from French Institute 
of Indology, Pondichery heavily rely upon mayilai kizAr's editions.


n. ganesan
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