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GOPALAN SRINIVASA SAMPATH KUMAR • March 9, 2003 


Dear All.,

my little bit of information as follows:

"Kannan" in tamil is simply the one who possess THE 
eyes (kangalai udaiyavan - kannan; here srikrishna's
divya eyes).
 
there are lots of adjectives such as kamalakkannan, 
thaamaraikkannan (both meaning lotus like eyes.. ) 

other examples are:

Tholan (the one who possesses THE (divya)shoulders)
Saarngan (the one who possess Saarngam - the bow; 
saarngathai udaiyavan)
Kaadhan (the one who possesses THE ears)
e.g. magaranedunkuzhaikkaadhan (thenthirupperai
perumal name)
Kaalan (the one who possesses the divine legs)
thalaikkaalan - thalai - an ornament for the legs;
"Thalaikkalan pin ponaal" - siriya thirumadal
(thirumangai azhvar)

"Naangu tholan kuni saarngan" 
Thiruvaimozhi (Nammazhvar).

sometimes it is helpful to look into simple
straight forward meanings - rather than indirect,
round about, complicated interpretations..

Vachaka Dhosha: kshanthavya:
urs
arulmari.


On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 15:59:16   
 Balaji Srinivasan wrote:
>
>This is speculation as well.. Having been brought up in north India, I had
>always believed that the name Kannan ,while meaningful in itself, was
>borrowed from what Braj-vasis lovingly called (and still call) our
>Kannan--Kanahaiyaa or Kaanha. This still doesn't explain why they called
>him that though. Maybe it was a commonly used "pet-name" for the name
>Krishna.
>
>adiyen rAmAnuja dAsan
>
>>> >  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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