Re: satIsh cander's 'vRttAntam' - my opinions
V. Chowdary Jampala (cjampala@dayton.net)
Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:26:23 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Bapa Rao wrote:
> > > 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?).
That's how I read it too. padyam with its four feet (paadaalu)
seems to be the metaphor for 'haindavam' with its chaaturvarNa vyavastha, and
a fifth 'paadam' which would be supernumerary refers to the 'panchamaa's.
Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala