அடிப்படை எதுவும் தெரியாமல் எழுதுவது எப்படின்னு இவங்க கிட்டத்தான் “கற்றுக்கொள்ளவேண்டும்”. முருகன் எப்போதுமே வேதக்கடவுள் தான். சங்க இலக்கியமான திருமுருகாற்றுப்படை சொல்வதென்ன ?

“மந்திர விதியின் மரபுளி வழாஅ
அந்தணர் வேள்வி ஓர்க்கும்மே; ஒரு முகம்”

வேத மந்திரங்களின் மாறாமல் அந்தணர்கள் தரும் வேள்வியை முருகனின் ஒரு முகம் ஏற்குமாம்.

அது மட்டுமா

“ஆறு எழுத்து அடக்கிய அரு மறைக் கேள்வி
நா இயல் மருங்கில் நவிலப் பாடி”

வேத மந்திரங்களை ஓதியே முருகனை வழிபடுகிறார்களாம். இன்னொரு சங்க நூலான பரிபாடல் சொல்வது

“அறு முகத்து ஆறு இரு தோளால் வென்றி
நறு மலர் வள்ளிப் பூ நயந்தோயே!
இரு பிறப்பு, இரு பெயர், ஈர நெஞ்சத்து,
ஒரு பெயர், அந்தணர் அறன் அமர்ந்தோயே”

வள்ளியை மணம் புரிந்த முருகன் அந்தணரின் அறத்தில் அமர்ந்திருக்கிறானாம்.

அடுத்து ஆறுபடை வீடுகளைப் பற்றி இஷ்டத்துக்கு அடித்து விடுகிறார் கட்டுரையாசிரியர். முதன்முதலில் ஆறு படை வீடுகளைப் பற்றிச் சொல்வதே சங்க இலக்கியமான திருமுருகாற்றுப்படைதான். திருப்பரங்குன்றம், திருச்செந்தூர், திருஆவினன்குடியான பழனி, திருஏராகமான சுவாமிமலை, குன்றுதோறாடல், பழமுதிர்ச்சோலை என்று வரிசைப்படுத்துபவர் சங்கப்புலவரான நக்கீரர்

முருகனின் வேல் ஏதோ தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கு மட்டும் உரியது என்று சொல்வதுதான் ஆகப்பெரிய காமெடி. இந்தியாவில் கிடைத்த ஆகப்பழமையான முருகன் உருவங்கள் வட நாட்டில் தான் கிடைத்திருக்கின்றன. அவை அனைத்திலும் வேலோடு தான் முருகன் காட்சியளிக்கிறார். எல்லாம் பொயுமு விற்கு முந்தயவை.

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Aug 26

Janmashtami wishes to all ! May Krishna bless us all !!

A thread on some of the exquisite panels of Krishna from TN

Dahi Handi from Thirukkurungudi

“உறியை முற்றத்து உருட்டி நின்றாடுவார்
நறுநெய் பால்தயிர் நன்றாகத் தூவுவார்”

Krishna dancing with Pot from Arimeya Vinnagaram

குட வல கோவல காவல !

Krishna slaying Keshi from Pullamangai

கூந்தல் என்னும் பெயரோடு கூந்தல்
எரிசினம் கொண்டோய் !

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Aug 13

Saw this quote in FB, posted by one of the known handles and hence there is no room to doubt that this is a fake one. It is indeed surprising that a ‘professor’ from a reputed university, especially in Tamil Chair, has made such an incorrect statement. It even raises doubts in terms of how much Sangam literature he knows.

Let us look at how Sangam texts describes Aryans.

“ஆரியர் பொன் படு நெடு வரை புரையும்” says Agananooru 398. This means Ariyars are those who lived near Himalayas whose icy glaciers shine like Gold. This fits into the definition of inhabitants of Aryavarta, who were called as Ariyars by Tamil poets. Another Sangam text Pathitrupathu says ‘ஆரியர் துவன்றிய பேரிசை இமயம்’, that Aryas lived near the Himalaya.

The Sangam text “Kurinji Pattu” was sung to inform the Arya King Brahadatta about the process of marriage in Tamilagam. There are many such ‘Kings’ from Arya Varta mentioned by Tamil literature

Many Tamil sangam texts speak about the war between Kings from Aryavarta and Tamil Kings “ஆரியர் துவன்றிய பேரிசை முள்ளூர்”, says Natrinai 170 mentioning about the war at Mullur between one Malayan and Ariyar army.

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Aug 2

Today is the birthday of the Chola emperor Rajendra Chola. A thread with some snippets about the great king :

The fact that Rajendra was born in Adi Thiruvathirai (Ardra Nakshatra) was inscribed by him in Thiruvarur temple. He was named as Madhurantaka and took the name of Rajendra during Coronation. At an young age, he was put into duty against Western Chalukyas and he had a name ‘Panchavan Marayan’. Rajaraja made him as the Co regent in the year 1012 and post Rajaraja’s death, he became the full fledged King

His expeditions to north India for fetching the Ganga water & which gave him the name Gangai Kondan and his naval expedition to South East Asia are well known. He also lead the navy towards Maldives and Lakshadives and won them too.

He defeated the Sinhala king in Lanka and brought the entire island under his control. He was the one who brought back the Pandya Crown and ‘Rathna Malai’ from Lanka. He coronated his son at Madurai with these and gave him the name ‘Sundara Chola Pandiyan’.

Here is the path taken by Chola army during the Ganges expedition

His Sasana Sloka in the inscriptions and copper plates reads like this “Rajad-Rajanya Makuta sreni-ratneshu sasanam Etad Rajendra Cholasya parakesari varmanah” meaning, this is the Order of Parakesari Rajendra Chola which is like the Gem in the Crowns of illustrous kings.

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Jun 29

One of the most abused subjects (especially of D stocks) is the granting of Brahmadeya / Chaturvedi Mangalam to Brahmins by Cholas. Cholas were called names because of these grants. The fact is such grants have been in vogue since Sangam times and Pandyas & Cheras were the forerunners for granting the Brahmadeyas. These grants were twisted as if they were given free and the Brahmins enjoyed the privilege without paying any tax. There is also another fake theory that only Brahmins lived in Brahmadeyas. Is this true? What is the way Brahmadeyas are structured. Let us analyse this using one of the large Bramadeyas given by Cholas which was documented in Karandai copper plates (1020 CE).

Karandai plates mention about creating a Chaturvedi Mangalam called as Tribhuvanamadevi Chaturvedi Mangalam by combining 51 villages and the land was given to 1080 brahmins. This means an average of 21 brahmins get the land in a village where approximately some thousand people live.

The total land measured like this, which belongs to the government (அரசன் அனுபவித்துக் கொள்ளத்தக்கனவாகிய) is 3135 Veli +. Of this, 619 Veli was subtracted as they belong to common land like temples, centre of the village etc. Only the remaining land of 2516 Veli is split and given to 1080 brahmins, approx 2 Veli per person. The revenue from this land will be approximately 100 Kalam Paddy per year. Compare this with the income of those who worked in Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar temple. They range from 200 Kalam - 500 Kalam.

Even this 200 Kalam is not free of tax. The copper plates clearly mention that from the eighth year, they had to pay tax from this revenue proportionately. In the eighth year, 25% is the tax levied needs to be paid, next year 50% of the tax and subsequently complete tax needs to be paid on the revenue earned.

It is also important to note that even this staggered tax paying is only available to those brahmins who are granted land from this copper plates. Those brahmins who were living in the villages early will continue to pay the tax as before.

Hence, let us be clear that the Brahmadeya lands were NOT tax-free, and they were NOT an exclusive place where only brahmins lived.

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