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> On 4 Aug 2016, at 06:24, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wow, what a collection. I thought "meen kuzhambu" was just one
> dish...I realize now, there is a whole variety. Being an impure
> vegetarian (I'll try anything once!), my researches have necessarily
> been very cursory. I don't like the taste of most fish. Rohu and
> Bhetki maacher jhol being made in the landlord's home downstairs from
> us was never a very happy memory....it's only now, with layers of
> nostalgia sanitizing the remembered smell, that I am able to look
> back.
>
> And.... I am intrigued by the word "saivam" for vegetarian in Tamil.
> Saiva would be a follower of Siva...so how does that go with
> vegetarianism?
Vaishnavism came to the south from the north. So did the meat eating culture.
Until Vaishnavism arrived people of the south worshipped Shiva and were mostly
vegetarian. Soon the word acquired an additional meaning and later a full
semantic shift.
> Many followers of Siva are staunch non-vegetarians....
> so is Saivam as opposed to Vaishnavyam (followers of Vishnu)?
Interestingly I have heard "vaishnav bhojan" being used for vegetarian meals,
interestingly by Jains, if I remember right. Or was it just marwaris.
> The
> association of certain foods/diets with certain religion is most
> interesting. Would like some information on this word and its origin.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <sur...@hserus.net> wrote:
>> Thejaswi Udupa [04/08/16 10:29 +0530]:
>>
>>> On 04-Aug-2016 10:28 AM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <sur...@hserus.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Almost every coastal state has a fish in gravy sort of dish
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a good time to mention fellow silklister Samanth's excellent book
>>> Following Fish
>>
>>
>> There's also this collection of fish recipes - hosted on the paradoxically
>> named "syvum.com"
>>
>> "syvum" / "saivam" is a tamil word - or maybe euphemism - for vegetarian
>>
>> http://www.syvum.com/recipes/inf/
>>
>> --srs
>
