KarnATaka/KannaDa

[N. Ganesan]

RZ>"karuna.tar" is a variation I have not yet seen! But the
RZ>Sanskritised "kar.naa.ta" seems to have existed already
RZ>before then,

Kamban in his RamayaNam uses the form, karunaTar:

  Eti yAtavar, Ez tiRal kogkaNar,
  cEtirAcar, telugkar, karunaTar,

                                     Kam. 1.19.1-2

DED does not list 'karu' to mean "height, raised up
platform" etc. Does Kannada has that meaning?

Thanks,
N. Ganesan

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