Re: satIsh cander's 'vRttAntam' - my opinions

Bapa Rao (brao@platinum.com)
Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:41:06 -0800 (PST)


> >      haindava padyaaniki atikina aidava paadanni=20
>        ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
> >      nEnu.
> 
> This is what I am objecting about. The very first line is a BLUNDER in my=
> =20
> opinion when the poet branded a section of literature as "haindavam". Wha=
> t=20
> the h=FFeck does he mean by that ?? Does he mean to say that ONLY hindus =

I may be wrong, but I was breaking "haindava padyam" not as "haindava"
qualifying "padyam" (is that karmadhaaraya samaasam?) but as 
"padyam" being a metaphor for "haindavam" (what's that, bahuvreehi?).

Bapa Rao