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Book Summary
The poems in this book are some of the earliest about Visnu, one of the Hindu
Trinity, also known as Tirumal, the Dark One.
Tradition recognizes twelve alvars, saint-poets devoted to Visnu, who lived
between the sixth and ninth century in the Tamil-speaking region of south India.
These devotees of Visnu and their counterparts, the devotees of Siva (nayanmar),
changed and revitalized Hinduism and their devotional hymns addressed to Visnu
are among the earliest bhakti (devotional) texts in any Indian language.
In this selection from Nammalvar's works, the translations like the originals
reflect the alternations of philosophic hymns and love poems, through recurring
voices, roles and places. They
- ISBN-13
- 9780144000104
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India
- Publishing Date
- 2005-04-30
- Total Pages
- 200
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Book Summary
The poems in this book are some of the earliest about Visnu, one of the Hindu
Trinity, also known as Tirumal, the Dark One.
Tradition recognizes twelve alvars, saint-poets devoted to Visnu, who lived
between the sixth and ninth century in the Tamil-speaking region of south India.
These devotees of Visnu and their counterparts, the devotees of Siva (nayanmar),
changed and revitalized Hinduism and their devotional hymns addressed to Visnu
are among the earliest bhakti (devotional) texts in any Indian language.
In this selection from Nammalvar's works, the translations like the originals
reflect the alternations of philosophic hymns and love poems, through recurring
voices, roles and places. They
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780144000104
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India
- Publishing Date
- 2005-04-30
- Total Pages
- 200