Dear Palaniappan,

This is interesting. At my Upanayana ceremony in Pune, when I was 8 year old, I was told to say the following greeting to the teacher/priest: ... mādhavaśarmā aham abhivādaye. The addition of Śarman to my first name was supposed to indicate my Brahmin family background. That added part "--śarman" was not used elsewhere. I have not heard of -varmā as a part of the Saṃskāra-name among Brahmins, but there must be regional variations.

Madhav Deshpande

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

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Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 16:52:08 -0500
Subject: MM. Prof. S. Kuppuswami Sastri's saṁskāra name
In his obituary of MM. Prof. S. Kuppuswami Sastri, V. Raghavan says, “Kuppuswami by the popular name and Venkatavarma by his Saṁskāra-name, he was the fourth son of Seturama Ayyar…” (New Indian Antiquary, April, 1944, p.17. The link was given by Manu Francis in another post). How common is ‘varma' as a part of the Saṁskāra-name of Brahmins?

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Palaniappan

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
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