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- From: rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj)
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- Subject: andhAdhi
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:17:50 GMT
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- >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
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- >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.
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- It is abirAmi andhAdhi sung by abirAmip pattar.
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- >
- >Cheers
- >Venky
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- raj
-