Re: samasyA pUraNa #12 and #13

Nasy Sankagiri (narayans@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu)
Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:32:40 -0500 (EST)

Sri Madhav wrote:
>BTW, A small correction. no.no. accept this as a vinnapamu.
>
>1) "pAvani" aMTE streeliMgaMu ayEMduku avakASaM vuMdi.
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>kAbaTTi "pAvana vAlamu" aMTE arthaM mariMta alaMkAramayaMgA
>vuMTuMdani nA abhiprAyaM. EmaMtAru.
>
>Here, nEnu kavi svAtaMtrAnni kAdanaDaMlEdu. aMdukE muMdarE
>namaskAra bANaM vESAnu :-)

I beg to disagree. I have seen a lot of instances where this word was used
to refer to hanumaan. And I don't think it is kavi svaatantryam either. It
is a valid usage.
Regards
Nasy