Names of Weekdays

[Radhakrishna Warrier]

Among the names of the weekdays in Malayalam and Tamil, some days have Drāviḍa names, and the rest have Sanskrit tatsama / tadbhava names.  In all other languages of India (except Urdu) all the names are tatsama / tadbhava of Sanskrit.  Even Telugu and Kannada do not have any Drāviḍa names for weekdays.

Here are the Malayalam / Tamil names of weekdays:

1.  Ñāyaṟ / Ñāyiṟu – Sun.  Drāviḍa word
2.  Tiṅkaḷ / Tiṅkaḷ (pronounced tiṅgaḷ in both Malayalam and Tamil) – Moon. Drāviḍa word  
3.  Covva / Cevvāy – Red, and hence also planet Mars. Drāviḍa word
4.  Budhaṉ / Putaṉ - Mercury.  Malayalam word is tatsama of Sanskrit Budha with masculine singular suffix ṉ and Tamil is tadbhava of the same Sanskrit word with the same masculine singular suffix ṉ
5.  Vyāẓam / Viyāẓam – Jupiter.  Appears to be a tadbhava of a Sanskrit word but unclear as to which Sanskrit word it is
6.  Veḷḷi / Veḷḷi – Bright, white, and hence also Venus.  Drāviḍa word  
7.  Śaṉi / Caṉi (Tamil word can be pronounced as Śaṉi, Saṉi, or Caṉi)  – Saturn.  Malayalam word is tatsama of Sanskrit Śaṉi and Tamil is tadbhava of the same Sanskrit word

Are any of these names of weekdays mentioned in ancient Tamil literature?

Are the Sanskrit weekday names such as Somavāra, Maṅgalavāra etc., mentioned in the Vedas?

Regards,

Radhakrishna Warrier

[Shashi Joshi]

5 might be vyAsa, substitute for bRhaspati

Day names may not be a Vedic concept,  we had tithi, not week days, AFAIK.

Thanks,
Shashi

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कच्चि॑द् इ॒दम् भव॑ता॒ पूर्वे॑ कृ॒तस्य॑ प्र॒श्नस्योत्त॑र॒म् अप॑ठत्—

Hopefully you read this answer to a previous question of yours—

https://groups.google.com/g/bvparishat/c/SqXQ7t5Z9_A/m/3jeFOnIWCAAJ

[Nilesh Oak]

All

Here are few links on the history and origin of weekday names, the rationale behind the sequence, and an astronomy-based explanation + plausible origin (India).

1:
https://nileshoak.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/origin-of-weekday-names/

2. 
https://youtu.be/RgLr5aXhnG8

3. The write up in #1 is an appendix in my book 'The Historic Rama'
flyer attached (for those in India). Those outside India may obtain the books via Amazon.

Warm regards,
Nilesh Oak

[Gudsoorkar A G]

A very scholarly post indeed !!  Thanks.

Sent from my iPhone

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[Nilesh Oak]

Thank you.  Nilesh Oak

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