[Paul Bunyan]

This Question I had already answered under "Thinamum oru Vaarthai"..... thread., which I re-producing herebelow...

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Hi, ALL FRIENDS,

Such Questions can be raised under the .....

.... Relevant Thread.... "THINAMUM ORU VAARTHAI"

One more separate Thread is NOT NECESSARY .... which will lead to lose the purpose of ONE COMPOSITE Thread of ONE TOPIC.

Such separate Thread-Topics will go out of attention later if not DOCUMENTED on the already existing COMMON-HEADING.

Vaanhan == Arasan (King)

Vaanhi = Arasi (Queen)

Kalai-Vaanhi = Kalai- Arasi (Saraswathi)

Thamiz- Vaanhan = Thamizh-Arasan

Paa-Vaanhar = Kavi-Arasan ; King of Poetry / Poets (indirectly).

During Chera-Chooazha- Pandiya Rulers days, this word was used as a TITLE conferred on the high Scholars.....in different fields.

Similar to.... another such.... Tamil- Title- word....

... "MUDHALI" meaning as... SCHOLAR / TOPPER ( Equal to Ph.D)

This Title- word "VAANHAN" has no relation with the Moon.

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There are adequate Historical proofs to believe that the Word "MUDHALI"...

... meaning the The First-Person / Topper / Best One / Great Scholar / Authentic Expert ... etc.

... Just a Pure Tamil-Title during the Tamilians Royal Era of Chera, Sozha Pandiya Kingdoms.

... Similar to... Ph.D.... M.Phil... Padma-Bhushan, Padma-Shree etc. of the Present days..

... as well as ... Rao-Bahadur,.... Right-Honourable.... etc of the British days.

There were Mudhalis hailing from all Castes and Communities including Brahmins of those days...holding this Title of Honour in one or the Professional-Fields of Astrology, Medicines, Iconography, Linguistics and the like.

There is profuse mention of this word ... that Ramanuja- acharya consulted with his Mudhalis whenever he was confronted with embarassing situations.... meaning this Word as the Expert-Advisors well-knowledged in Vedhic-Sasthras and Dharmas... Such Experts in those dfays... were invariably Brhmins.

So I reiterate that this Title-word Mudhali was addressed as Mudhaliyaar out of respect ...which became a Community subsequently.

And they maintained their identity as a matter of Prestige similar to One King becomes a Sambandhi of another King only and Not less...

... As if one Padma-shree holder gives his Daughter to another Padma-shree Holder's Son... ensuring both the Sambandhis are of equal Social-status.

Similarly the Vaanhan ... meaning... KING... was just a Title of Honour... but lower to Mudhali

So to say, the Educational Qualification... "MS" can be equated with VAANHAN...

... and Ph.D. can be equated with MUDHALI.....

... "Mathi-Vaanhan"... means Lod-Siva... the King having the Moon on his Head.

... Kalai-Vaanhi... means Saraswathi... Queen of Arts.