Ciriya Tirumatal

Ciriya Tirumatal
The episode of the Gajendra Moksha, featured in this work. Folio from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
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ReligionHinduism
AuthorTirumangai Alvar
LanguageTamil
Period9th–10th century CE
Verses40

The Ciriya Tirumatal (Tamil: சிறிய திருமடல், romanized: Cir̲iya Tirumaṭal, lit.'The small and sacred maṭal') is a Tamil Hindu work of literature written by Tirumangai Alvar, one of the twelve Alvars of Sri Vaishnavism.[1] The work is a part of the compendium of hymns called the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.[2] In the forty hymns of this work,[3] the author expresses his devotion and love to the preserver deity, Vishnu, and also lists twenty-seven sites he would like to visit to venerate the deity.[4]

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  2. ^ Cutler, Norman (1987-05-22). Songs of Experience: The Poetics of Tamil Devotion. Indiana University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-253-11419-8.
  3. ^ Pārttacārati, Intirā (2002). Vaisnavisam in Tamil Literature Between the 7th and 9th Centuries. International Institute of Tamil Studies. p. 35.
  4. ^ RAMANUJAN, S. R. (2014-08-13). THE LORD OF VENGADAM. PartridgeIndia. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4828-3462-8.