1. Madhava Kumar gaaru "sabhikulu" anE padaaniki artham
ilaa cheppaaru:
> sabhikulu aMTE "talliki taMDri valla puTTani vAru"
ee artham vaccE "sabhikulu" padaaniki root yEmiTO
selaviyyagalaraa? I am curious. endukanTE ...
Sabdaratnaakaramu lO "sabhikuDu" anna padaaniki iccina
arthaallO idi maatram lEdu. pOgaa, "sabha lO vunna dharmagnyuDu"
ani maatram vunnadi, along with "jUdagaaDu" and "nyaayavEtta"
(approximately - I don't have the book in front of
me right now, but the meanings given are something to this
effect!).
droupadi tana bhartalanu sambOdhincinappuDu "ee sabhikulu"
anaDamlO kEvalam vaari cEtakaanitanam pai saadhaaraNamayina
CHeetkaaramE ayi vunDavaccunu; lEka vaari jUda-vyasanaanni
yetti cUpi yunDavaccunu. enta kOpamu vaccinaa, maree
moguLLani "illegitimate children" anE
vuddESyam vunDi vunDaka pOvaccunu! Enthayinaa
pativrata gadaa.
(Digression: I think she is one of the seven(?) pativratalu
listed from among our puraaNa streelu, along with ahalya,
seeta, anasUya, etc., right?).
sahasraavadhaanamu lOni panDitulu (including maadhavula vaaru?)
abhyantaram velibuccaaranTE
tappakunDaa vaaru ceppina artham vunDE vunTundi.
ayitE, adi yelaa vacchindaa annadE praSna. droupadi vadda nunDE
nEmO!? I mean, droupadi used it to address her husbands, who
happened to be "talliki taMDri valla puTTani vAru"; so the word
sabhikulu is taken to mean "talliki taMDri valla puTTani vAru"!
Either way, usage of this word (in "sabhikulaku
namaskaaram") doesn't seem to be a bad thing or a
mistake - it's just that the word has more meanings than one!
And probably the panDitulu were just trying to add some interesting
literary tidbits!!
(Corrections welcome!)
2. Some of the contributors to the mailing list have been
referring to telusa when they crosspost to SCIT.
Have there been queries like "what's this telusa?" ?
Has there been an increase in telusa subscription? I haven't
seen any negative effect on telusa, though - at least
not yet!
3. I haven't read any of KaaLeepaTnam raamaa raavu gaaru's
works, but I have an anthology of short stories (most of
them 2-3 pagers, very few 4-pagers), called "nETi katha",
compiled by him. It's a nice collection of
stories, by several people. When I first got the book
I didn't know anything about him, except that he was a
writer (and a publisher, and a teacher); now I do, after all
the articles about him on telusa! naa grantha racana (dissertation!)
pUrthi ayinaaka aayana pustakaalu kUDaa chadavaali!!
namaskaaramulu.
satyadEv.
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