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// By cultural exchange, I meant Sanskrit names were accepted into Tamil society and maybe the names were in Sanskrit because raga had a similar name in N.India.So, that raga was given to South and maybe some Tamil Pans might have been used in N.India too.//
Tamilian-Scholars used to participate in the All-India debates and Seminars called SADAS ... convened by the olden-days Kings...
... on various subjects of common-interest and concern on Indian- Culture...
... and one of such subjects was.... Music.
Most of the other Indian-Scholars.. in the course of debates and Seminars ...were using Sanskrit Terminologies...
... since they were accepted and taken into their Regional-linguistic folds too ... by the same term .. as of Sanskrit
... and so found such usage... convenient for mutual expressions and conversation... amongst such various Scholars from different Linguistic- groups
For example ... one such Sanskrit- Word... prevalent in all the Indian Languages ..
... being called by one Common- term amongst all of them as.. RAGA.. only...
...Since.. they do not have any separate another Regional-Language word for Raga... all over India!!
... Unlike Tamil ... where we call the Raga as .."PANH"
But for the Convenience of mutual-grasping, identification and understanding... Tamilian Music-Scholars used to quote as Raga-Panh...
... just as a matter of CIRCUMSTANTIAL -CONVENIENCE .
// I did not know that Vedics were against music//
No Confusion necessary... Music is part of Veda.. and the Vedic- Sasthras.
.. Rather the "Nadham" .. the Musical-sound.. has emanated from the Sound..." OHM."... the Origin of DIVINITY.
//.Because most Hindu Gods like saraswathi(veena), Naradar(veena?), Krishna(flute) ,Shiva(damarum) were associated with music//
Beautifully you have analysed... Yes. You are CORRECT.
//.Or it could be that these Gods & Godesses were Tamil Gods and vedics later adopted them?//
There is No Tamil-Gods... or... Hindi-Gods... and so on. All the Vedic- Gods are COMMON to the whole World Society as well as the entire Cosmic- World too..... beyond Earth...
Siva-Lokam and Vaikuntam are not confined to Earth alone...
Lord Siva is addressed as... "YEN- NAATTAVARHKUM IRHAIVAA POATRI" ... and also as... VISWANAATHAN.
Lord Vishnu is addressed as... VEETRU- IRUNDHU YAEZH- ULAHAM THANIKKOAL SELLA VEEVIL SEER-AATRAL MIKKA AALHUM AMMAANAE ... and also as.... JAGANNAATHAN.
// Even in Tamil literature, I have read that musicians were treated as a lower caste.Avvaiyar is usually described as a poetess from the caste of bards.I read this in an essay by Prof.George Hart //
A Separate Caste as... PAANHAR. ... yes.. Panh-paaduvoar ... Paanhar.
Manu-Smrithi is NOT A SASTHRAM ... nor a Vedic- Gospel.... but just one Tyrannical King- made MANIPULATION.... of olden-days... but
... REJECTED and ...UNACCEPTED by Vedic-Scholars... even during those days of Forcible IMPOSITION by the Dictatorial Kings of those days..
... unfairly DISCRIMINATING by vivi-sectioning One United Society as broadly described and deemed CLEARLY AND EMPHATICALLY SO by ...
..Vedas.... imbued with the Hearty spirit of UNIVERSAL- LOVE ... YAAVARUM- KAELHIR.... and...
... further INSISTS.. to PREFERABLY pray God through Music... by Songs, Bajans and Sthothras too ... set to Music...
.. Which Nayanmars and Alwars had IMPLEMENTED... long ago.