For interesting people: Ref: "mRdu sameera kampita..." mRdu: lalita maina; sameera: gaali chEta; kampita: kadalpabaDutunna; manOj~na: manassuku teliyagala (in general, madhuramaina); kuntala: juttu (anE); tamaala: tamalapaaku yokka; pallava: chiguLLa; jaala: samoohamu kalavaaDaa! Thanks to Ramarao gaaru (Ram_Ramarao@tri.sbc.com). "kuntala - tamaala pallava" : I found this analogy quite interesting. I can only remember reading "paadam, hastam - tamalapaakulu" in many telugu books. Regards Sahithi