Editing Mysore (section)

== Etymology ==
The name ''Mysore'' is an anglicised form of ''Mahiṣūru'',<ref name="orig" /> which means "the abode of ''Mahiṣa''" in the vernacular [[Kannada]]. The common noun ''Mahiṣa,'' in [[Sanskrit]], means buffalo; in this context, however, ''Mahiṣa'' refers to [[Mahishasura]], a mythical daemon who could assume the form of either a human or a buffalo, and who, according to [[Hindu mythology]], ruled the ancient parts of Mysore Kingdom, known in Sanskrit as ''Mahiṣaka'', centred at ''Mahiṣapura''.<ref name="orig">{{cite news|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/Nov32006/sesame1148592006112.asp|last=Vasudeva|first=Rashmi|title=Land of milk and honey|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=3 November 2006|access-date=12 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319162402/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/Nov32006/sesame1148592006112.asp|archive-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> He was killed by the goddess [[Chamunda|Chamundeshwari]], whose temple is situated atop the [[Chamundi Hills|Chamundi Hill]], after whom it is named. ''''Mahishapura''''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLsLAAAAIAAJ|title=Cultural profiles of Mysore City|last=Station|first=Anthropological Survey of India South India|date=1 January 1978|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320151346/https://books.google.com/books?id=xLsLAAAAIAAJ|archive-date=20 March 2017}}</ref> later became ''Mahisūru'' (a name which, even now, the royal family uses), and finally came to be rendered as ''Mysore'' by the British and ''Maisūru'' (Mysuru) in the vernacular [[Kannada language]].<ref name="dejagou">Deve Gowda Javare Gowda (1998), p. 82.</ref>

In December 2005, the Government of [[Karnataka]] announced its intention to change the English spelling of the city to ''Mysuru''.<ref name="ann">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/19/stories/2005121906010600.htm|title=They will be Belagavi, Mangalooru, Mysuru from November next|date=19 December 2005|access-date=14 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107000112/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/19/stories/2005121906010600.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> This was approved by the [[Government of India]] in October 2014, and Mysore was officially renamed, along with twelve other cities, on 1 November 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Renaming|first1=Cities|title=Bangalore, Mysore, Other Karnataka Cities to be Renamed on 1 November|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bangalore-mysore-other-karnataka-cities-be-renamed-1-november-611683|issue=ibtimes.co.in|publisher=ibtimes.co.in|date=18 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025122135/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bangalore-mysore-other-karnataka-cities-be-renamed-1-november-611683|archive-date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Renaming|first1=Cities|title=Centre nod for Karnataka's proposal on renaming cities|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/centre-nod-for-karnatakas-proposal-on-renaming-cities/article6514079.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018035426/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/centre-nod-for-karnatakas-proposal-on-renaming-cities/article6514079.ece|archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=New City|first1=Names to Karnatka|title=New name for cities|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/from-bangalore-to-bengaluru/article6553314.ece|access-date=1 November 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127000251/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/from-bangalore-to-bengaluru/article6553314.ece|archive-date=27 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Mysore-or-Mysuru-pak-tastes-the-same/articleshow/45028940.cms |title= Mysore or Mysuru, pak tastes the same |date= 4 November 2014 |access-date= 9 August 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160103190119/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Mysore-or-Mysuru-pak-tastes-the-same/articleshow/45028940.cms |archive-date= 3 January 2016}}</ref>