The secret garland : Āṇṭāls Tiruppāvai and Nācciyār tirumoli / translated with introduction and commentary by Archana Venkatesan.

By:

Venkatesan, Archana

Material type: Text

TextSeries: AAR religion in translationPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199780327
0199780323

Contained works:

Āṇṭāḷ. Tiruppāvai. English
Āṇṭāḷ. Nācciyār tirumol̲i. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Secret garland.DDC classification:

894.8/1111 22

LOC classification:

PL4758.9.A58 T5339 2010eb

Other classification:

18.88

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Contents:

Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Tiruppavai (Thirty Verses for the Drum of Mal); Commentary and Notes to the Tiruppaavai; Nacciyar Tirumo?i (Fourteen Songs for the Love of Mal); Commentary and Notes to the Nacciyar Tirumo?i; Appendix 1: Ta?iya? to the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumo?i; Appendix 2: Major Myths; Appendix 3: Index of Myths and Names in the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumo?i; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This book offers new translations of the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli, composed by the ninth-century Tamil mystic and poetess Kotai. Two of the most significant compositions by a female mystic, the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli give expression to her powerful experiences through the use of a vibrant and bold sensuality, in which Visnu is her awesome, mesmerizing, and sometimes cruel lover. Kotai's poetry is characterized by a richness of language in which words are imbued with polyvalence and even the most mundane experiences are infused with the spirit of the divine. Her Tiruppavai and.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book offers new translations of the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli, composed by the ninth-century Tamil mystic and poetess Kotai. Two of the most significant compositions by a female mystic, the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli give expression to her powerful experiences through the use of a vibrant and bold sensuality, in which Visnu is her awesome, mesmerizing, and sometimes cruel lover. Kotai's poetry is characterized by a richness of language in which words are imbued with polyvalence and even the most mundane experiences are infused with the spirit of the divine. Her Tiruppavai and.

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