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Old 09-16-2006, 07:00 AM   #13
Raj_Copi_Jin

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Dear G.V.

The contents - of your Thread and your last posting above - further confirms how the Tamil Saivaism and Tamil Language lost it's place in the Tamil Nadu temples. (very useful contribution).

It is very true that the term "Nan Marai'' should be correctly defined in the background of positive historical evidence.

Further even the term "Anthanar" too should be correctly defined with evidence, as God Siva of Saivaism is also referred to as "Anthanan" in Tamil Literature. Possibly for this reason the Saivite Priests of early Tamil Nadu who officiated religious ceremonies to God Siva was known as "Anthanar", which later became a term used for others too - when Saivite priests lost their control of the Siva Temples of Tamil Nadu. Even today we are aware of the existance of a class known as Saiva Kurukkals in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere, who could have been the decendents of the earlier outsted Tamil Anthanars (to be verified) of Tamil Nadu.

The term Athi-Saivar too should be defined correctly against positive evidence to bring forth more informations on them too. Further a research into the correct interpretation of the term "Paarpanar" in the earlier Tamil Nadu, too will be very useful.

It appears the meaning of many terms used much earlier in Saivite Religion of Tamil Nadu - to indicate various meanings, over a period time thereafter have been given new interpretations with the onslaughts of new religious and cultural waves from the north.

An indepth study on same has to be made, to correctly interpret the "Thamil Saivam (or Saivaism)", of Tamil Nadu.
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