Re: "Kannan" - Re: One information

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• March 8, 2003


 
adiyEnathu vaNakkangaL
sri rama's colour was also black
ref kambaramayan
baalakaandam akalikaip padalam (24)
ivvaNNam nikazntha vaNNam ini intha ulakukkellaam
uyvaNNam anRi maRRu Or thuyar vaNNam uRuvathu undO
mai vaNNaththu arakki pOril mazai vaNNaththu aNNalE un 
kai vaNNam anduk kandEn , kaal vaNNam ingu kandEn
i beg to remain 
parankucan
 Jagadish Devarajan  wrote:I believed that Kannan stood for Kaar Vannan meaning someone who's skin
color is that of the color of clouds which is black. In Tamil literature
clouds are usually mentioned for their darkness( Kaar Mugil).

Shyam Sundar, Kannan ... I see a relation.

Maybe I am not right.

Jagadish


>
>
> Harini Cadambi wrote:adiyen ramanjuja dasan
> namaskar
>
> can anyone of you tell me why is Lord Krishna
> addressed as 'kannan' in tamil.
>
> rgds,
> harini
>


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