nAraNa_n, the tamil word for nArAyaNa (was: Vishnu)

[Periannan Chandrasekaran]

N. Ganesan wrote:
....

 ...
 >is krishNaa and nala (husband of damayanti), probably have
 >to do with 'black, dark'. -l-/-r- alterations are common

There is atleast one well know nAr/nAl pair where to illustrate
-r-/-L- interchange:
nArikELa, nALikEra, nALikELam = coconut
Obviously nAr- & nAL- here are Ta. nAr = fibre, a defining feature of coconut.
DEDR #3651:
nAr = fibre, string, cord, rope;
nAri = bow-string, fibrous covering at the bottom of a leaf-stalk, as of a
coconut palm

nALikEram is attested in tEvAram:

"veLLai nALikEram viriyA naRum pALai" (tEvAram:106:5)

regards,
P. Chandrasekaran.







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