Originally posted by Urmila11
This is a grammatical rule of Sanskrit language. Both the names Sita & Radha are Sanskrit words, & as per the rule of Sanskrit language, when a person will address another person having a name which is ended by 'a' (for the case of females only) then he have to address it as 'e'. For example, when we learn Sanskrit grammar, we have to study this rule with the word 'Lata' (flower-plant) & there in the Sambodhan pad (which is used for addressing) the word becomes 'Late'. All the female names ended with 'a' is under this rule, so Sita & Radha are also included. Thus they becomes 'Site' & 'Radhe'. They are not nicknames at all.
But this rule is not obeyed in many cases. I have noticed its violation in many scenes of RS shows.
P.S, Lalitha di, you will be addressed as 'Lalithe' too in Sanskrit π
Thanks a lot, Sema for the info.π€ But you know what's weird? Old Telugu mytho movies from the 50s and 60s did not address Sita as 'Site', though majority of their dialogue was in tough sanskrit.π³
But there's this one Durga stotram I heard that had 'Durge Namoh Namah'...I think it may be this one. I'm highlighting the places where the e was used.
Uma Parvati Anandamayii
Kali Durge Namoh Namah
Ma Kali Durge Namoh Namah
Also, in this stotra 'Gange cha Yamune Chauva, Godavari Saraswati, Narmada Sindhu Kaveri Jalesmin Sanidhim Kuru', Ganga is referred to as Gange and Yamuna as Yamune.
So it's a Sanskrit reference to Sita and Radha? Were only Goddesses whose names ended in a called this, or did normal women have that rule too?
Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 12 years ago