The secret garland: Āṇṭāls Tiruppāvai and Nācciyār tirumoli
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1. Verfasser: Venkatesan, Archana (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2010
Schriftenreihe:AAR religion in translation
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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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ISBN:0195391756
0199780323
9780195391756
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