(k)gaangEya : meaning?

[Venkatraman.Chandrasekaran at NOKIA.COM]

Thanks to all that responded to my query.

-chandrasekaran.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext D.V.N.Sarma [mailto:narayana at HD1.VSNL.NET.IN]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:38 AM
> To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
> Subject: Re: kaangEya : meaning?
> 
> 
> On 25 Mar 2002, at 18:07,  Venkatraman.Chandrasekaran wrote:
> 
> > Actually there is a tamizh krithi (carnatic song) of Papanasam Sivan
> > in which the pallavi goes like "kaarthikEya kaangEya gowri tanayaa".
> > As you said the second word should refer to Subramanya (and 
> not Shiva as =
> > I
> > mistook it). Then it should be "gaangEya". I have heard 
> people singing
> > it as "kaangEya". I am not sure about this.
> > But please tell why Subramanya is called as "one who was 
> born of river=20
> > Ganga"?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > chandrasekaran.
> >
> Devas were eagerly waiting for the birth of kumaran who
> is supposed to kill the demon taaraka. Some how they
> managed to arrange to get uma and siva married. But siva
> went on sporting with paarvati without discharge and there
> was no chance for conception and the birth of kaartikeya.
> Devas sent agni to try to interrupt their sport hoping that
> may produce discharge and conception. When agni did that
> siva got angry and discharged on agni. agni unable to bear
> the tejas threw it in gagaa. gangaa also was unable to bear it
> and threw it in saravana grass on its banks. The six krittikaas
> came and shaped shanmukha and thus became his mothers.
> 
> So he is gaangeya, saravanabhava, kaartikeya etc.,
> 
> regards,
> 
> Sarma.
>