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From: sp2@cec2.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: A ThEvaaram verse (translation)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 00:15:14 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

     I think many Tamil nettors must have heard of the 
 popular ThEvaaram verse,

  `maasil veeNaiyum maalai madhiyamum
   veesu  thenRalum veenkiLa vEnilum
   moosu  vaNdaRai poykaiyum pOnRadhE
   eesan  endhai  iNaiydai neezhalE. '

     The poet ( Appar ? ) talks here about how pleasant
 is the shelter of the feet of Lord Shiva in Saiva
 Siddhantha. I have some questions about the meanings of
 some of the Tamil words in this `veNpaa'.

   maasil veeNaiyum -  What does it mean here ? What is
                       a `maasil veeNai' ? ( I know that
                       Veena is a musical instrument.
                       I don't understand this comparison
                       here.. ) Does the poet mean that
                       the shelter is pleasant like Carnatic
                       music in Veena without `abaswaram' ?
                       Was Carnatic music developed in the
                       days of Appar and Sundarar.. ?

   maalai madhiyamum - I know this means `evening' here.
                       In the current Tamil usage, `maalai'
                       itself means `evening'. This `maalai'
                       may be a short form of the old word
                       `maalai madhiyam' for `evening'. 

   veesu thenRalum -  I know this means `pleasant wind'.
                      This comparison is clearly a continuation
                      of `maalai madhiyamum', as we get cool
                      wind in the evenings in TN. 

   veenkiLa vEnilum - I know that `vEnil' also means `kaaRRu'.
                      Also `veenkiLa' = `veengu + iLa'. I think
                      this comparison is a _repitition_.

   moosu vaNdaRaip poykai - I know that `poykai' means a `pond'.
                            What is `moosu vaNdaRai' ? I was lost
                            here...

   pOnRathE = Like above..

   eesan  endhan =  Our Lord Shiva ( I think the word `eesan' for
                    Shiva is from the Sanskrit word `eeswaran' for
                    Shiva.. )

  iNaiyadi = his glorious feet..
  
  neezhalE = shelter.  

A translation (to be completed):
-------------------------------
    "Like a pure Veena (?), like a pleasant evening, like a cool wind,
  like fresh, pleasing wind, like a (??) pond is the shelter of the 
  glorious feet of our Lord Shiva. "

- SP.
From: vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: 'anthaathi' songs....
Date: 25 Jan 93 12:43:21 GMT

There were two 'anthaathi' songs in the movie 'moonRu mudichchu'.

'vasanthakaala nathikaLilE'.... last word of Nth line is the first
                                word of (N+1)th line.

'aadiveLLi thEdiyunnai'......... the above for line pairs.

Can someone post both songs for the readers who would appreciate
the 'literature touch' of them?

rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj) writes:
> vasantha kala nathigalilE vaiRamaNi neeralaigal
> neeralaigal meethinilE nenjirandin ninaivalaigal
> ninaivalaigal thodarnthu vanthal neramellam kanavalaigal
> kanavalaigal valarvatharku kaamanavan malar(k) kaNaigal
>  
> malar(k) kaNaigal painthu vittal madi irandum panjanaigal
> panjanaiyil paLLi kondal manam irandum thalaiyanaigal
> thalaiyanaiyil mugam puthaithu sarasamidum puthukalaigal
> puthukalaigal peruvatharku poomalai manaviNaigal
>  
>    posted  by   T.C.A. Venkatesan        


Vicky:
UMass, Jan 25
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: chitoor@mercury.cis.udel.edu (Srikrishnan R. Chitoor)
Subject: Re: Response to Tadepalli
Followup-To: soc.culture.tamil
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:13:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan18.211933.4348@news.ysu.edu> ah724@yfn.ysu.edu (Sundara Pandian) writes:
>In a previous article chitoor@thorin.cis.udel.edu (Srikrishnan R.Chitoor) says:
>>Come on guys. First SP says he knows who `Bhishma' is and does not reveal
>>his choice, you say `concerned netter' and leave out the name. The
>>suspense is breaking my heart ;-) I might sue you guys later for 
>                                                              ^^^
>>loss of hair (thalayai pichukiren) :-).
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     You seem to like my postings and so I like to tell you who
> `Bhisma' is . If you think you know what Raj thinks he knows
> as who I thought as the `Bhisma' Raj was talking about in his
> reply to Kuram,  you got that person.

And I thought I was the only crazy person in the net :-).

-Krishna.
Opinions are mine.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: tss@unislc.uucp (Srinivasan Thothathri)
Subject: samarppaNam- to a killer!!
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:02:09 GMT


	I am surprised to see a song dedicated to a leader of a notorious gang
which killed, ans also killing, the inoocent tamil people for it's leader's
power thirst!!!.

	Don't try to insult the meaning of samarppaNam.

	Please stop posting such nonsense!!!


Srini.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: ssr@cypress.com (Bapcha/FPGA)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Sad News
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:51:17 GMT
Organization: Cypress Semiconductor


Just wondering from where this Meenan Vishnu guy gets all his "voodoo-research"
material.....  Isn't anyone here except me tired of his bullshit ?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: selvakum@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering)
Subject: Re: No Subject
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:19:22 GMT

In article <AfN4mJS00iV2877VdW@andrew.cmu.edu> Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh <thundayal+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>Bapcha writes:
>
>>WHat the fuck are you trying to do ?  Pass death sentences on the net ?
> If you
>>like your eelam so much,  why don;t you go back - and remember - I
>stand up for
>>nothing,  back no "causes"......
>
>I sent that message to someone using an anymous id & pretending to be a TELO
>guy. Where the hell did you get the messsage, Bapcha the Bastard?
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

     Sir, I earnestly request you to use appropriate words on the
     valai. This is a public forum and the quality of this medium
     depends on the users. Do you wish to have this thamizh valai
     as a forum or min_avai to discuss issues , exchange ideas,
     decent fun and entertainment or degenerate into a 'medium'
     to unload unfit language ? Ranjit Suresh, i know you have every right
     to say what you wish to say, but may i request you to
     exercise some responsibilites too. I think  there are
     plenty of ways of opposing, ridiculing, satirizing, 
     even insulting WITHOUT using unfit words. Please consider..
     - thanks
>
>
>


     - Selva
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: vaLLuvan kaatiya vazhi - 12
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:00:43 GMT

In <C1HsI8.4n4@news2.cis.umn.edu> subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian) writes:

>________________________________________________________________

>   Thirukkural           "vaansiRappu"           Chapter 2      
>                    (The Excellence of Rain)


>[2] 	   "thuppaarkkuth thuppaaya thuppaakkith thuppaarkkuth
> 	   thuppaaya thOum mazhai"

>		"Rain produces food, and is itself food"
>___________________________________________________________________
>  Corrections/ Discussions/ Different Interpretations are welcome.
>                 Posted by Satish Subramanian
>                    (subraman@cs.umn.edu)
>	         Thanks to Siva Bala Narayanan
>___________________________________________________________________


        thuppu-food; thuppaar-hungry eaters.thuppaaya-eat etc.

   This was my favourite kuRaL during school days just because
vaLLuvan knew thuppaaki-gun. I am sure there was no gun during
vaLLuvan's time.

Kathiravan 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: sramamoo@nyx.cs.du.edu (Darth Vader)
Subject: Re:naangaam thamizh
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:07:49 GMT

Hi,
	Thanks for the repost of articles from ACT. I beleive it is good
to teach the subjects in the local languages. In that aspect the tamil
university in thanjavur was doing some wok. I personally know of a
proffessor by name Dr.ILangOvan in the civil engg dept of anna 
university. This man was a committed tamil man and he signed his name in tamizh.
At that time he was writting a series of books in tamil for the tamil
university on the subject of applied mechanics. We need people in the
relevant fields to write books in tamizh. That way we can have good
quality books in tamizh. Again in the 80's sujatha was wriiting in
thinamani about computers and programming languages in simple tamil.
Articles like that help educate the ordinary man about these concepts.
Also there were a series of articles by sujatha on semiconductors and silicon
chips in thinamani. May be we should start educating the common man
in simple terms all the concepts.

Comments welcome.

D.V
From: aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu (Affable)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Recipe for Lemon Rice
Date: 27 Jan 1993 20:14:49 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
Reply-To: Venkatachalam Aruna <aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cive.egr.uh.edu

In article <1993Jan27.172153.19184@engage.pko.dec.com>  
anandraj@tis.enet.dec.com (Geetha Anandraj) writes:
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>Here is the recipe for Lemon Rice (Elumichi sadham) and quick & easy to make.
>Hope you all like it.
>
>Regards,
>
>Geetha
[ Recipe deleted]
 Looking for more "quick and easy to make" recipes. Hope Geetha's hubby
doesn't mind in letting her to post her "million dollar" recipes. :-)

Regards,
Venkat
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: fb78@sol.acs.unt.edu (Ganesh Gopalakrishnan)
Subject: Re: Gandhi statue in Villupuram blown up
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:30:54 GMT

manohar@msus1.msus.edu writes:

>In article <kat.728165020@reg>, kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi) writes:
>> In <C1Iyy8.4rs@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca (Srinivasan K.) writes:
>>      About paarathi, I personally feel he is a mini kayavan. 1000 people
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
AND I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT YOU ARE SAYING THIS ONLY BECAUSE
BHARATHI HAPPENS TO BE A BRAHMIN!

KAYAVAN IS A VERY STRONG WORD AND I FIND IT PREPOSTEROUS
THAT IT SHOULD BE USED IN THE CONTEXT OF SOMEONE
LIKE BHARATHI WHO WAS YEARS AHEAD OF HIS TIMES IN
POSITIVE THINKING ON SO MANY ISSUES. IS THAT SINGLE
WORD "AARIYAN" YOUR ONLY EVIDENCE? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT
BHARATHI HAD AARIYAN (OR, IF YOU PREFER BRAHMIN) SUPERIORITY
IN MIND? WITH MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF SANSKRIT AND HINDI, I
STILL DO KNOW THAT THE WORD AARYA HAS TWO MEANINGS "AARYAN IS ONE
AND THE OTHER IS SIMPLY "NOBLE". I SEE NOTHING WRONG IN
THE POEM IF YOU READ IT AS NOBLE. WHY SEE EVERYTHING WITH
JAUNDICED EYES AND POISON EVERYTHING ELSE? NO OFFENSE MEANT.
JUST SOME THOUGHTS USING MY RIGHTS TO FREE EXPRESSION - GANESH

>> may try to convince me otherwise but I do not agree.
>> here is an example of his kayamai:
>>                 
>>             thamizhth thaai: paarathi: 
>> 
>>     "aathi sivan peRRu vittaan
>>      agathiyan enROr aariya mainthan
>>      niRaimEvum ilakaNaj seithu koduththaan"
>> 
>>      What does he mean. His ancestors might be aarians 2000 years ago. But
>>        he should not give wrong information like this. 
>>        
> 
>I was aware that people at one end of the spectrum (in our caste-ridden
>society) hated Bharathi for his progressive views on caste etc.This is
>the first time that I find that someone from a different end of the
>spectrum also has similar feelings for him.I don't think Bharathi
>gave a damn to any of this aryan-dravidian crap.I'm sure he wouldn't
>have believed his ancestors to be any different from that of anyone else
>in his town.So let's not extra-polate any stupid views to his poems. 

WELL SAID! - GANESH

 >>    Kathiravan 

>Rammanohar
From: subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: vaLLuvan kaatiya vazhi - 12
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:03:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: news2.C1HsI8.4n4
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

________________________________________________________________

   Thirukkural           "vaansiRappu"           Chapter 2      
                    (The Excellence of Rain)


[2] 	   "thuppaarkkuth thuppaaya thuppaakkith thuppaarkkuth
 	   thuppaaya thOum mazhai"

		"Rain produces food, and is itself food"
___________________________________________________________________
  Corrections/ Discussions/ Different Interpretations are welcome.
                 Posted by Satish Subramanian
                    (subraman@cs.umn.edu)
	         Thanks to Siva Bala Narayanan
___________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: SiRu kathaigaL
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:53:13 GMT

In <48932@ogicse.ogi.edu> krashok@mse.ogi.edu (Ashok Krishnamurthy) writes:
>         attributes of a good spy is to blend himself with the
>         surroundings and act as though he is on the side of the 
>         enemy king. This would be termed as 'kayamai' from the
>         point of view of the enemy king but not so by the 
>         other side.

>         This is what I meant by good and bad being relative.

    An Indian example:

   I consider Nehru and Jinnah were kayavars as opposed to Gandhi.
Their frivolous outings with the English Royals , western nlife and on the other hand
freedom fighter, Congress man image raised doubts. Finally they
got power at the expense of splitting the country on
religious grounds.

   Kathiravan.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:49:52 -0500 
From: Guntur N Balaji <gb29+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: A ThEvaaram verse....



  `maasil veeNaiyum maalai madhiyamum
   veesu  thenRalum veenkiLa vEnilum
   moosu  vaNdaRai poykaiyum pOnRadhE
   eesan  endhai  iNaiydai neezhalE. '

  I am not sure who wrote this.  It must be one of the big 4
saivaite nayanmArs.  Possibly appar.  But I remember an incident
going along with the writing of this song.  A king ( Pandya ? )
who believed the samana ( Jain ) sect. caught hold of the saiva
saint and put him in a "SunnAmbu kALavAi" ( A kiln where sunnAmbu
( Chalk ? ) is made.  Usually due to certain exothermic processes
involved, the sunnAmbuk kALavAi is very hot.  But due to the
divine grace of Shiva, our saint feels very comfortable inside.

    mAsu atra veenai ( yin Oliyai) poolavum,  mAlai madhiyai
( muzhu chandiranai ) polavum, menmaiyAga veesum thendralai
poolavum, pongum iLa kAtrai ( Isn't it a repitition here ? )
poolavum, vandugal moikkum ( so infer thamarai pootha ? )
poigaiyaiyum ( right ? ) pola thanmaiyAga vunarvadhAi solgirAr
  Eesanin adi nizhalil avar iruppathAl, sunnambuk kALavAi kooda
mEr sonnavaigal pOla thanmaiyaga ( adhAvadhu veppam atru )
irukkiradhu engirAr siva adigalAr.

After this incident, the king is supposed to have changed his
mind about saivite sect and becomes an ardent shiva baktha !

Hope this helps,

Balaji/...
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From: an8468@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Gandhi Statue in TN : An Appology
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.tamil
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:58:22 GMT


Assumption : LTTE blew up the statue.

Applogy: On behalf of most tamil people of ealam and SL
         I wish to express my sincere appologies to our
         tamil brothers and sisters across the Palk Straight
         for this action carried out by some of our own subject
         to assumption. 
         Even they will realise the stupidity of their action 
         when they get over the sorrow of the loss of their leader.

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From: rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: padikkattuu varihaL
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:08:27 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.


	"paruvam vantha anaivarumE kaathal seivadhillai!
	 kaathal seitha anaivarumE maNa mudippathillai!
	 maNa muditha anaivarumE sErnthu vaazhvathillai!
	 sErnthu vaazhum anaivarumE sErnthu pOvathillai!!"

	From "buthi yuLLa manitharEllaam..."

       posted by : Srikanth

comments
--------
Hi
	It is a nice but difficult concept - this 'padikkattu
varigaL' (nice name). I thought the whole day today before I could
think of this one :

	Good luck!

 	Srikanth
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Subject: Happy New Year Continue
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 18:03:27 -0500
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It is our SAD duty to inform you about Kittu.
Of course.

Of course it is our SAD duty to waste the bandwidth talking about  MF Kittu.

Now with the apparent dissapearence of Kittu, some mad dogs are trying to
make a hero out of him. Infact, they even say that he lost his leg in a
grenade blast.  But nothing could be further from the truth.

----------------------------------------------------
Article: 2024 of soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: jherath@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
Subject: News
Date: 7 Mar 91 03:22:29 GMT

How and WHY KITTU LOST HIS LEG?

LTTE MASS KILLER Krishnakumar Sathasivam (alias KITTU)
lost his leg in 1986, in  an assasination
attempt on him near main street, Jaffna.

As you think, Kittu didn't loose his
leg in a combat field.

He raped large number of Girls.
He lost his leg soon after RAPING a 22 year old  Jaffna
University female student.
Boy Friend of this girl threw
hand granades at KITTU
While KITTU was returning after raping the girl

At that time  Kittu was accompanied by three other LTTE terrorists
These LTTE terrorists were standing at the gate of the house,
as they were not allowed
into the house, while Kittu was raping the girl

Kittu lost his leg in this bomb blast.
And another LTTE terrorist
killed large number of Jaffna  boys as a revenge for  this.

This Leg less KITTU is now living in London
in a comfortable house near
Kingston, Surrey.
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------




Bon Voyage!!!!!


  and a happy new year!!!!! to


        Blood sucking,
        Flesh eating,
        flipfloping
        drug trafficking
        child molesting
        innocent killing
        truth hiding
        Mf
        Kittu.



-Thambi
From: thundayal+@CMU.EDU (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Need some info on....
Date: 23 Jan 93 18:43:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.wfMVu3y00iUyI5q1Rt
Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I don't know if got the spelling right.


Can someone tell me where Vetharranyium in Taml Nadu is? Also, it would
be nice if he/she can tell me little about its past. It was supposed to
be in 'Vanchi
maavattam'?

Thanks in advance.

Ranjith Suresh
thundayal@cmu.edu

(412) 268-4455
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: Paaradhi inRu irundhhal...
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:10:54 GMT

In <C1KMyB.LCH@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> selvakum@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering) writes:
>>origin he was by birth.
>>
>>K. Srinivasan


>       Bharathi was a great poet without a doubt! Please let me
>                                                  ************8 

        know which poet has sung about freedom and independence
>       like he did. He sang freedom _wherever_ it was won, Russia, Belgium..; 
>       he sang about Gandhi, Tilak, vaa.vu.Chidambaram..; 
>       he sang on so many topics.. he was certainly among the greatest 
>       and it is paNbanmai ( not paNbu) to undermine his tremendous
>       contributions. I am truly saddened that someone should 
>       say the words like he will have a corner etc. Bharathi 
>       IS sitting in the Great Hall of Tamil Fame. This does not
>       mean that all that bharathi said is true or correct. He might
>       have had inadequate or incorrect information. Bharathi can be
>       criticized like any other poet but what Kathiravan said
>       is seriously disparaging. However Tamil ManRams are
>       named after Bharathi is a different issue ( why not ?)
>       Bharathi's words and style can be surely discussed and debated;
>       any wrong ideas advanced by earlier contributors such as
>       'bharathi was the first in this and this..' surely these
>       could be discussed. Bharathi was so catholic in his outlook,
>       and it is in my honest opinion sheer paNanmai to put him
>       down as Kathiravan did. vaaymaiyE vadivu ( = Truth _is_ beauty)
>       [ I am using the Sri Lankan Tamil meaning of vadivu = azhagu]

        paarathiyin viduthalai muzhakaththai ellOrum pORRukinRon.

        avanukku thamizh kavithai enRa aRaiyil naan sonnEn [I used sure]nitchayamaana
        idam irukkum. athai neengkaL naan avanaik Orap paduthuvathaaka
         vaiththukkoNdaal en thavaRaakaathu.
       thamizhukku aalyam vaippOm enRaal paarathi sonna maathiriyE
       vaLLuvanukku iLangkOvukku kambanukku, pugazhEndhikku
       muthalidam. paarathikkum idam irukkum naan sonna maathiri
       or if people look objectively at his thamizh contribution
       without any attachments and subjectiveness.i
       paarathikkum angku idam illai enRu naan sollavillai.
       viduthalaikkaakap paadiyavar enRaal, avanukku oRu "HALL OF
      FAME" vaippOm.

        athil  nam apparum idam peruvaan, aanaal sinna idam thaan.
              **************************** 
    "yaam aarkkum kudiyallOm"


    He was hiding and singing hyms as saivites were oppressed.

      I only criticised the people who say "paanjaali sapatham
     is the first drama-poem in thamizh.  


        anbudan

     Kathiravan


Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: andhAdhi
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:17:50 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

>From: IO92395@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (T.C.A. Venkatesan)
>Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
>Subject: Andhadhi and Padikattu Varigal
>Date: 24 Jan 93 20:57:59 GMT
>Lines: 51
>With the advent of padikattu varigal on the net, I was reminded of the
>original Andhadhi compositions. Of course, the ones I remember are
>more like, the last word of each stanza being the first word of the
>next stanza and not each line being that way.
>
>Was this the rule for andhadhis or was it allowed for lines as well?

  The ver name "andhAdhi" will give you the clue. ie andham = Adhi.
ie the last(andham) word  of a para is the same as the first (Adhi) of the 
follwing para.

>
>There was one famous andhadhi, that I studied in my first year in
>college. It was on one form of Sakthi/Parvathi. Anybody on the net
>remembers this one?
>

>Of course, there may be more than one on Sakthi and her forms; but,
>I always had a feeling that the one I studied was the most famous.


   It is abirAmi andhAdhi sung by abirAmip pattar. 

>
>Cheers
>Venky


           raj