Re: telusaa vanamlO gOngUra! :-)

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamrri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Mon, 9 Jun 1997 14:42:49 -0600 

>I believe "punTi koora" is also in usage (for gOngUra) in hyderabad.

I have been (trying to) exchange mails on this topic privately, off the
group, considering it as an extra-charter topic. Thanks to Padma
Indraganti, who successfully imparted a certain amount of literariness to
this thread.

Yes,it is known as "punTi koora" in the telangANA region, perhaps a
shortened version of "pullaTi koora".

"telusaa vanamlO gOngUra!" sounds so close to "tulasi vanamlO ganjAyi" - I
am sure the pun is intended here. As was pointed out by many, the plant is
so close to marijuana/hemp (in looks and pedigree) that the word-trick
employed is closer to the truth than a pun!

>naagarikulaina pai taragati vaaru deenni vaaDaru. saamaanya prajalE vaaDataaru

Well that does it! So this plant has a certain "sAmAjika spRha"! How
serendipitous! I hope this wouldn't make the modern poetry enthusiasts
adopt this as their poster-plant, and the SPDCB-guys shun it as being
beneath their pomp&circ.

>vEToori prabhaakara Saastri in "kaDupu teepi" sums it up as:

>payara koora vEchi pacchi mirepa panDla (payara-?)
>nukkaLinchi pOsi yaaranicchi            (ukkaLinchi-quick/light dry roasting?)
>konta gonta pogapikonu gOgubacchaDi     (pogapikonu-?)
>chaviki chinka nOru biviki teeru        (chinka-?, biviki-?)

Padma, if the "palukula pandiri" folks get hold of these words for their
puzzle, we are doomed!

telusa-recipe-corner: I think "ukkaLinci" refers to a process where the
stuff is roasted without adding any water, using only the water inherent in
the leaf/vegetable/... Usually referred wrt "senagalu, soaked overnight, or
better yet, collected the day before, in pEranTAlu". Does it come from the
same root as "ukka" in summer?

Ramakrishna "if you think this post doesn't belong, blame Padma-I!" Pillalamarri
                                                (pindraganti@ccgate.hac.com)

PS: "Telugu Paluku", a monthly telugu magazine published from Australia
runs a "tough as nails" crossword feature, "palukula pandiri". If you can
solve more than half the puzzle, your name would be mentioned. Among the
usually two or three people who manage that feat.