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namaska'ramulu!
Chinnu (my younger son) and I were talking about Kaurava's and
suddenly the question came that if Andhras sided with the kaurava's
why don't they (currently atleast) name their boys after them
(kaurava's).
I remeber the practice of naming boys after the kaurava's in
Kalingapatnam (Kalingapatam - the forgotten empire on which Sri
Gidugu Ramamoorthy ga'ru and Sri Paranandi Jagannadha Swami ga'ru (my
grandfather) did research) and Andhra - Orissa border areas.
e.g. duryOdhan jena (jenna') : This jena (jenna') is the last name.
They are descendents of kaLimga's (called ka'Limgulu). They speak
both Oriya and Telugu very well. They follow both customs and
traditions. In reality they are fair and very good looking people.
They are spread throughout the Northeastern Andhra (Srikakulam, Srii
Mukhalingam, Parlakimedi, Berhampur areas). Interestingly their
telugu is different a bit from my telugu (Sriika'kulam - Ganjam -
Visakha telugu). I did not make up the above name - duryOdhan jena.
It is real. In fact, I heard that some of the 100 kaurava' names
have had been in use in that area.
Does anyone know such usage in any other parts of Andhra or adjacent
areas (other than Andhra - Orissa borders)?
---pa'lana
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Dear palana Garu:
It is very interesting to know about the kaurava's names. I had a
friend from orrisa state with a last name jena and he tells he was a
decendent of a raja family.
Kumar Chunduru