Bapa Rao gari doubt.
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By convention, I thought SamudruDu was male. So, wherefore the "talli?"
This is a good doubt.
See, lakshmii, chandruDu, and dhanvantari ( and apsarasa gaNam except
oorvaSi ) are born from the ksheera samudram when gods and demons have
churned it for the nector.
So, they are `single parant' children. The parant is the father and
mother for them.
Yes. By convention, SamudruDu was male. ( ex. "lakshmeem ksheera
samudra raaja tanayaam Sree ranga dhaaamEswareem..." ). But poets
are `nirankuSaa's. And we can not do much about it.
In a kaavya, it will be taken as a `duranvaya'; meaning bad application.
But in chaaTu poems, which were never given the elevated status of a
kavya ( irrespective of the mummaTa's saying "vaakyam rasaatmakam
kaavyam".) often get away with such errors. Chaatu poems even getaway
with gramatical mistakes!
-Syamala Rao
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