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- From: Vijay Tharma (@ 12.47.72.4)
on: Mon Nov 13 11:08:22 EST 2000
raj, manggathan mango; mangothan mangga ;-))
Mango <- Manga (portugese)
Portugese got that name during 1500s, while visiting places like Kerala (malayalam->manna), and Malaysia.
In Malaysia (Malay) its also called mangga.
Generally, all this originated from Tamil, mangkai
- From: Vijay Tharma (@ 12.47.72.4)
on: Mon Nov 13 11:15:21 EST 2000
Traditionally, we use mampazham for riped mango,and mangkai (manggai) for unriped mango. But nowadays, I dont think many differentiate those, as the usage of the word mampazham has reduced tremendously ;-(
- From: melissa (@ 202.9.175.244)
on: Mon Nov 13 14:15:27 EST 2000
When I hear Mango in English, I recall in Agasthiyar movie, Agasthiar eats the mango madu by those two fellows who plot to kill him. But after eating it, he digests it. Therefore mango has no tamil equivalent!! - I feel.
- From: ravi sundaram (@ 192.149.1.187)
on: Mon Nov 13 14:35:15 EST 2000
melissa,
In the original story, Vathapi and his brother kill rishis using that trick. Vathapi takes the form of a goat and his brother butchers the goat and serve it to the rishis. Vathapi has the boon from Shiva(? he is the one who usually goes about giving troubles boons to asuras) and he can
come back alive. So he will tear the tummy of the rishis and come back thus killing the rishis. Agastiyar "digests" vathapi and he could not return.
In the movie the director used a mango instead of goat. I dont know the inside story why or by whom this change was made. May be the director thought
the brahmins of TN will be offended if he portrays Agastiyar as a meat-eater.
Another question that begs to be asked is, why go through all this trouble to kill the rishis, they seem to be unarmed and harmless :-)
- From: melissa (@ 202.9.163.115)
on: Tue Nov 14 17:27:32 EST 2000
True Mr. Ravi Sundaram - I agree.
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