Belur and Belgaum (was Re: Kannada vacanas)

[N. Ganesan]

Belur and Belgaum (was Re: Kannada vacanas)


Mr. S. Krishna wrote:
<< .i.e. basavEzvara uses "kUDala sangamEzvara!" >>


Dr. S. Palaniappan writes:
*Is this "kUDala sangamEzvara" not a Dravidian/IA hybrid  type you were talking
*about in the thread on Belur/Belgaum? To me kUDala sangama also seems to be a
*hybrid composed of words meaning the same but of two different linguistic
*lineages. I would like to know the accepted interpretation of this name.

I think Krishna has answered his own question.

This usage can be observed in contemporary Tamil speech,
the only difference being English replacing Sanskrit.
eg.,
naDu center
post kambam
ditch kuzi
....

Regards,
N. Ganesan