uraga and AlavAy

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

> On the contrary, David Shulman and following him William Harman have simply
> missed the mark in understanding the true history of the name AlavAy.

 Another case of wrong translation from Tamil into Sanskrit:
 The word 'Aalam' meaning the banyan tree was misunderstood as hAla/hAlahAla
 (poison), and the story was spun for the Big Snake encircling
 Maturai (hAlAsya myth).

 SM

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