The secret garland : Āṇṭāls Tiruppāvai and Nācciyār tirumoli / translated with introduction and commentary by Archana Venkatesan.
Material type: TextSeries: AAR religion in translationPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199780327
- 0199780323
- Āṇṭāḷ. Tiruppāvai. English
- Āṇṭāḷ. Nācciyār tirumol̲i. English
- 894.8/1111 22
- PL4758.9.A58 T5339 2010eb
- 18.88
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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