

Tamil borrows a lot from Sanskrit.Tholkaapiya defines Tamil Grammar Say that "bhagava" was from the Sanskrit from the Vedic region (currently The so-called "smirthi"s, the period dating before Tamil, one can safely It is very difficult to say how the word "bhagava" originated.īut considering the fact that "bhagava" was used in Vedic literature, The origin of words is a very difficult study. >do with the date 'thirukkuraL' was compiled, which itself is controvercial). >(Like 'deva' 'dieu' etc.) So it is local to the region. >other Indo European languages do not seem to share it with Sanskrit. >The Sanskritic people could have borrowed it from the natives. "Deva" is extensively used in the form "thevan". The concept of God was known to Dravidians, even before they madeĪcquaintance with Aryans. In ancient Tamil meaning "Sun" is a variation of "Pagavan" which indeedĬame from the Sanskrit word "Bhagava" meaning God. I am seriously considering the possibility that the word "pagalvan" >much before 'thirukkuraL' was compiled, much before they had contact with >ONE of the words to refer to God by the natives (derived from pagalvan), >borrowed it from Sanskrit, as if the concept of God was unknown before It is not obvious that the local Dravidians >Let us suppose that 'Pagavan' in thirukkuraL and 'Bhagavaan', used in In his article on this topic, K.Srinivasan writes Subject: Re:Is pagavan derived from Bhagavan or other way around?
