birth of mAl

[Chandrasekaran, Periannan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Artur Karp [mailto:hart at POLBOX.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 4:10 AM
> To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Indology constraints (contd.)
>
>
> As Indology participants cannot be expected  to know all Indian
> languages,

One only needs to learn two Indian languages: Tamil and Skt...

>>
> From a recent posting (birth of mAl):
>
> >To quote the fuller context from his commentary:
> >
> >"tiratciyaik koNTa avuNarai venRa
> >pon2n2Arc ceyta mAlaiyin2ai uTaiya
> >mAmaiyai uTaiyOn2 piRanta ONamAkiya nan2n2AL"
>

"ONam the asuspicious natal asterism of the dark one who vanquished the
numerous asuras and wears a golden garland"

> It's quite possible that the lines contain important
> information. How an
> ignoramus like myself (I don't believe I am going to learn
> Tamil) would know
> it?
>
Wish you all the prosperity needed to enable you learn Tamil
and discover the secrets of Indology! :-))

>
> Regards,
>
> Artur Karp
> University of Warsaw
> Poland
>

Regards
Chandra