tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post9071983303013495116..comments2024-03-18T22:56:06.696+05:30Comments on Jayasree Saranathan: Absurdity of தை as Tamil New Year!Jayasree Saranathan http://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-7028802980671092312009-01-26T07:42:00.000+05:302009-01-26T07:42:00.000+05:30சீரியஸ் வாசகர்களே இதைத் தேடி வரட்டுமே!எனவே, நீளமாக...சீரியஸ் வாசகர்களே இதைத் தேடி வரட்டுமே!<BR/>எனவே, நீளமாகவே இருந்து விட்டுப் போகட்டும்.<BR/>மேலும் , சுருக்கவும் முடியவில்லை.//<BR/><BR/>:-))<BR/>தெளிவாத்தான் இருக்கீங்க!<BR/>நல்லது.திவாண்ணாhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134281806497616503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-74504146501682197662009-01-26T00:39:00.000+05:302009-01-26T00:39:00.000+05:30நன்றி, திரு திவா.சீரியஸ் வாசகர்களே இதைத் தேடி வரட்...நன்றி, திரு திவா.<BR/>சீரியஸ் வாசகர்களே இதைத் தேடி வரட்டுமே!<BR/>எனவே, நீளமாகவே இருந்து விட்டுப் போகட்டும்.<BR/>மேலும் , சுருக்கவும் முடியவில்லை.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-74429307982478686562009-01-25T13:40:00.000+05:302009-01-25T13:40:00.000+05:30அட தமிழ்ல எழுதி இருக்கீங்களே! ரொம்ப சந்தோஷம். தொடர...அட தமிழ்ல எழுதி இருக்கீங்களே! ரொம்ப சந்தோஷம். தொடரலாம். <BR/>பதிவுகள் கொஞ்சம் பெரிசா இருக்கோ? ரொம்ப சீரியஸா படிக்கிறவங்க தவிர மத்தவங்க படிக்கிறது கொஞ்சம் கஷ்டம்தான்.திவாண்ணாhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134281806497616503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-41992599144711834962009-01-19T14:29:00.000+05:302009-01-19T14:29:00.000+05:30Thank you Ramkumar.i saw that dotcome.Thank you Ramkumar.<BR/>i saw that dotcome.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-40842575884820067872009-01-19T08:11:00.000+05:302009-01-19T08:11:00.000+05:30hi,nice work , thanks for your posts, i invite you...hi,<BR/><BR/>nice work , thanks for your posts, i invite you to look at tamilhindu.com which has interesting articles about the current state of hinduism<BR/><BR/>thanks,<BR/>ramkumarராமகுமரன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/17894202644436615471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-61279299618496669782009-01-17T22:25:00.000+05:302009-01-17T22:25:00.000+05:30Thank you Sang.Thank you Sang.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-76221545220558118252009-01-17T22:21:00.000+05:302009-01-17T22:21:00.000+05:30Thanks Mr Sampige for your feed back.If you read m...Thanks Mr Sampige for your feed back.<BR/><BR/>If you read my post on paavai nonbu, you can see readers comment wishing it to be in Tamil.<BR/>So I thought I can write in Tamil those topics which are Tamil language / Tamil texts - oriented.<BR/><BR/>Since I get to know that there are readers who can not read Tamil,<BR/>I will make the posts bi-lingual, if the article is based on Tamil quotes.<BR/><BR/>For instance, I want to write on dances by Krishna as told in Silappadhikaram. I have to quote the relevant verses from Silappadhikaram which will be understandable if written in Tamil only. Likewise I am planning to write on astrology in sangam texts. The very first reference to astrology in Purananuru comes in the 3rd verse on sakuna of a tree called "unna maram". The related information can be read in padhirttru -p- pattthu, which is very olden Tamil. I may not doing justice to the proposed articles, if write in English. But since there are interested readers who can not read Tamil, let me see how I can do justice so that anyone interested in the topic will be able to read.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-712230552282101062009-01-17T20:20:00.000+05:302009-01-17T20:20:00.000+05:30Thank you very much. I had heard the phrase Thai p...Thank you very much. I had heard the phrase Thai pirandal.. but did not understand the significance. I hope you will be writing in English also :-)Sampigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671510679552507139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-21948928492281815032009-01-17T15:46:00.000+05:302009-01-17T15:46:00.000+05:30Very good article read it in http://newspaanai.com...Very good article read it in <BR/><BR/>http://newspaanai.com/Others/Absurdity_of_தை_as_Tamil_New_Year/<BR/><BR/>It is so absurd for this government to be changing the Tamil New year. As far the people I know nobody has celebrated it as Tamil new year and we in our family are also going to be celebrating it on Chithrai only. Thanks once again for the articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-26083954031431385762009-01-16T18:09:00.000+05:302009-01-16T18:09:00.000+05:30This was not written earlier in English. I am sorr...This was not written earlier in English. <BR/>I am sorry that you can not follow this post.<BR/><BR/>Since this post deals with textual references in Tamil on the currently outrageous act of the govt in TN to impose the New Year on Thai, any Tamil would be able to know the proofs contrary to Govt stance, only if they are given in Tamil.<BR/><BR/>Also bowing to readers' suggestion that I write these in Tamil, i decided to give it in Tamil.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I will give the gist of this post.<BR/><BR/>This post aims at establishing that ancient Tamils did not consider the onset of the month of Thai (Makar sankaranthi) as the Tamil New Year. <BR/><BR/><BR/>This post deals with the different festivals as found in sangam texts and finds that all those festivals were connected with the rush of rain water - from the first rains in early spring to summer rains and ending with rains that herald the onset of rainy season.<BR/><BR/>Once rainy season sets in, it is time for vrathas. <BR/>The rainy season ends with the arrival of Maargazhi when Paavai nonbu was done for the sake of rainfall in the next saeason. This was covered in an earlier post on Paaavi nonbu.<BR/><BR/>After Maargazhi, comes Thai which was the time for "thai- neeradal". The women and unmarried girls bathed in the rivers and offered prayers to the river, praying for long life for the husband (in the case of former) and getting a good husband (in the case of the latter)<BR/>The clear waters of Thai seemed to absorb the prayers and wishes - which got transformed into reality in the case of unmarried girls who would get married in the ensuing months.<BR/><BR/>This is the reason Thai was heralded as the month that showed 'some way out' (thai piranthaal vazhi pirakkum)<BR/><BR/>Apart from this Thai was not considered as important in sangam period.<BR/>Thai and the following month Maasi were told as sleeping months in the texts. Such being the case, there is no proof from sangam texts to say that Thai was considered as the New year.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-10513536313311877772009-01-16T16:45:00.000+05:302009-01-16T16:45:00.000+05:30Can you kindly translate or is this something you ...Can you kindly translate or is this something you have already written about in English in the older posts. ThanksSampigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671510679552507139noreply@blogger.com