Re: on the NJ/NY SatAvadhAnam
Ramana R. Juvvadi (juvvadi@horizoncomp.com)
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:41:20 -0400
Nyayapathi Srinivasa Rao writes:
> as far as i know, lavali is a generic plant name.
> it maight stand for a flower or a leaf.
> is it tamalapaaku ? srisri used lavali in his puzzzles
> as a synonym for a flower. he also cited manucaritra
> "phulla lavalee......" as support to his claim that
> this word means a whilte (moon-shine) flower.
Nannaya has a poem on 'lavali'. Scene-- Kadruva and Vinata find
a white horse.
vividhOttunga taranga sanghaTTana chaladvEla vanai lAvalI
'lavalI lunga lavanga' sangata latA lAsyambu leekshinchuchun
dhavalAkshul sani kAnchiranta natteera dEshambunan
avadAtambuja phEna punja nibhunayyashvOttamun davvulan
Ramana