Tiruppavai

Tiruppavai
Painting of Andal, Sri Appan Venkatachalapati Temple, Cheranmahadevi.
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ReligionHinduism
AuthorAndal
LanguageTamil
Period9th–10th century CE
Verses30

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Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.
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The Tiruppavai (Tamil: திருப்பாவை, romanized: Tiruppāvai) is a set of Tamil Hindu hymns attributed to the female poet-saint Andal.[1]

The Tiruppavai consists of thirty stanzas referred to as pasurams in praise of Perumal.[2] It is a part of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, a collection of the works of the twelve poet-saints called the Alvars, an important part of the devotional genre of Tamil literature. The Tiruppavai has also been translated into Telugu by Mullapudi Venkataramana as Melupalukula Melukolupu.[3] In this work, Andal calls upon to all people to recite the name and glories of Vishnu.[4]

  1. ^ K. K. Nair (1 September 2007). Sages Through Ages - Volume IV: India's Heritage. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4670-6410-1.
  2. ^ Rajarajan, R. K. K. (January 2017). "Samāpti-Suprabhātam – Reflections on South Indian Bhakti Tradition in Literature and Art". New Delhi: Sharada Publishing House.
  3. ^ Nadadhur, Srivathsan (27 December 2019). "Telugu touch to Thiruppavai goes digital". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)