seshadrigokul

New Member - Call for help
Dear Dr.Lakshman Welcome to the group Several publishers have republished ponniyin selvan in recent times. You should be able to get it easily in madras (not sure about bangalore). e-copy of entire novel is available in project madurai website.…

Comment by seshadrigokul January 2006 permalink
Archaeological Institute of america's Indian Tour
> > There is no meaning in bashing up the Government for everything. We > can do something. I hardly come across individuals who can atleast think such a thought.Uma - this step, this very step is the first step in the right direction…

Comment by seshadrigokul January 2006 permalink
"Sangam" Literature
Coming back to the original intend of this thread, the question was whether a group of poets were functioning under a single umbrella and whether this was patronized by pandiyan kings. We hear things like "Mangudi marudhan ullita pulavar kuz…

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Age of "sangam" literature
> > http://sanskrit.gde.to/articles/Kalanirnayam.pdf > > Whether it is acceptable or not, the gentlemen who wrote this must have worked hard. What an interesting link ! Thanks a lot.

Comment by seshadrigokul January 2006 permalink
"Sangam" Literature
> difficult to believe that the word 'siva' had gone from Tamil to > Sanskrit but it is the fact according to the Madras University The word "sivaniya" appears in tholkappiyam many time, but with a different meaning. Ca…

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"Sangam" Literature
> > ......................................... > ......................................... > nalantharu thiruvirp pandiyan avaiyaththu > aRankarai nAvin nAnmarai muRRiya > athankOttasaRk karilthapath therinthu > mayanga marapin …

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Age of "sangam" literature
> If needed I can search and give the entire article for you. Please send the link. The old article I read was from frontline and it did not talk about the people or species

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Age of "sangam" literature
You are right in satish. I think we need to take 1500 BC as the lower limit. I know this is not a topic which can be conclusive, but I am interested more in knowing the time between vedas and tholkappiyam. Most scholars I read do not take sanga…

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Thirunallamum Chozar Paniyum !!!
Kundanthai N Sethuraman has discussed this episode in great detail in "Early cholas mathematics reconstructs chronology" Among many things he observes : There is a sculpture on top of the famous inscription showing sembiyan - WITH BANGL…

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An Interesting mail
Very nice chandra ! I look forward to your mail on how was the trip and what are the sculptures and inscriptions in the temple. If possible, pl clear the inscriptions and sculptures and take photos

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CHENNAI BOOK FARE
> Magazine writing - I am really worried on the scissor tool which > the editor is holding on his hand You are right, Diwakar ! Sometimes it is just the size - so many no of pages - that matters - and they may end up cutting some of the …

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CHENNAI BOOK FARE
Hi Dhivakar Really good to have you here. I am half way through thirumalai thirudan and yet to read vamsathara May I know what is the new novel you are working on ? Do you write for any magazines or are your novels directly published as books ?

Comment by seshadrigokul January 2006 permalink
new member.
Welcome vidhya ! Kalki fans database is in excel format - so pl try to open it in excel Pl find time to go thro' some of the old archives in which you will find interesting discussions on various characters. Also check out the files section…

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South India - Trip
> In my feelings,Ellora more or less resembles Mahabalipuram.Never > know may be Pulikesin took the inspiration from Mammallapuram and > could have built it.But it is real wonder. Ellora is quite different from in the treatment and meth…

Comment by seshadrigokul December 2005 permalink
Year end Lull
> Did this Kaviyogi publish the ancient Tamil Sangam > treatise on music / dance ? Kaviyogi has written a nice book putting silappadhikaram in its simplicity. I have this book - very interesting. > I came across this in some place. It …

Comment by seshadrigokul December 2005 permalink
hallo
Hi Gayathri Welcome to the group. Please read welcome message to the new member from the files section (click on the files hyperlink to the left of this page and look for Important Note to New Members.pdf). Also, if you have time go through old…

Comment by seshadrigokul December 2005 permalink
Master document on www.thebigtemple.com
> Gokul, software vechu kavidhai ezhudharadhunna idhaidhaan solvaanga > polarukku. :-) Thanks ! Has been missing you in action all the while.... Hope you have fully recovered from illness.

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Master document on www.thebigtemple.com
Dear chandra You have to indicate the modifications you have done by a suitable colour before sending it to me

Comment by seshadrigokul November 2005 permalink
Temples providing Asylum during Natural calamities
Dear SB Really disheartening to hear the dimensions of nature's fury. Your stats picturise the calamity. You are right, the temples must have been built with such purposes in mind. I wish the ASI function be postposed to a better date when …

Comment by seshadrigokul November 2005 permalink
Master document on www.thebigtemple.com
Pl check under bigtemple website folder > Dear Gokul: > > I looked all over the files section. I was not able to find this file.

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Why not much details about paintings in TheBigTemple.com?
> And just curiosity, why not much details about the paintings in the > website? Is any publishing issues? They are under way. The initial launch is just to tell the world we are doing this. Pl look at the master document in files sec to se…

Comment by seshadrigokul November 2005 permalink
Call for discussion: Kaapalikargal
Dear ravi Pl avoid carrying the contents of previous mail - it increases the size of each posting. Thanks > > Are Kapalikaas mainly the followers of Shiva or followers of any god or the gods their kingdom doesn't follow (distr…

Comment by seshadrigokul November 2005 permalink
Spelling mistakes in inscriptions
> I was wondering if there were any spelling mistakes found in any > inscriptions our folks have come across. Very much. Sometimes many. There is no way to correct letters in stone ! Also there is a case where people of kulothunga times we…

Comment by seshadrigokul November 2005 permalink
Emperor Karikal Cholan period & Uraiyur Meettan
> > Came across this site. Please have a look at it. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/history/history5.sht > ml > Not able to view this URL

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2005 permalink
http://staging.thebigtemple.com
Dear Vijay / all Can we have a sort of technical team structure - like project lead, HTML lead, graphics designer, Content manager etc for bigtemple.com ? I am not sure if the team has already been formed - may be I might have missed the mail. C…

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2005 permalink
http://staging.thebigtemple.com
Mine is more of a presentation stuff. Sri has given a good flow to the contents. His ppt needs to be converted to web pages. CAN ONE OF YOU BECOME THE HTML MASTER OF THIS WEBSITE PLEASE ? WE NEED ONE WITH GOOD EXPRERIENCE IN HTML WEBSITE DESIGN. …

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2005 permalink
My Words
> > You can do it. > You have the facilities. > You have the know-how. > > Go on. Start. Let us all take this scholar's advise to our hearts and start working in full speed. We should get a good starter hosted by this …

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2005 permalink
who is that saint?
> did rajarajan for his warrior attitude need one.? > he was not extra religious than his family or times warrant. Most certainly Rajaraja had a guru and was initiated into the paasupatha saivism. You will see a change in his attitude after …

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2005 permalink
Big Temple Thanjavur
Very good, Sri. We will also try to get the email id of prof Hema.

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2005 permalink
Rajaraja Chola
> interesting myth but why would the Architect make a model of RRC in the temple built by RJC even if it was myth it should claim it was the later really isnt it You are right. One group is claiming that it is RJC :-) No basis at all.

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