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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:34:17 -0000
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Subject: vaLLuvar's kavari mA (was: Re: (fwd) A posting on hair)
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--- In agathiyar@y..., "sarabeswar"
> > 8. Why would an untouchable scholar compose book of ethics for the
> society that was oppressing them without ever mentioning such
> oppression? And why would an oppressor accept such work as the
> authority?
>
> Mani,
> Good question. And there could never be any answer for this, as there
> had been obviously no such 'untouchability' just going by this
> reasoning alone.
> Regards,
> Kumar
When we read the bard saint AzvAr's poetry we do not find
any protest either. .
Then there must be no untouchability during bhakti era also.
Look at what Sri. Cekkizaar syas about Matanga CuuLaamaNi,
Still they were said to belong to dalit castes
Kumar, are you saying there was no untouchability in Sanskrit
texts same in time as the sangam period ? If untouchability
exists in Sanskrit texts (for which we have lot of data),
then sangam Tamils must have lived like an island!
Regards,
N. Ganesan
