The secret garland : Antals Tiruppavai and Nacciyar tirumoli / translated with introduction and commentary by Archana Venkatesan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venkatesan, Archana.

Series:

AAR religion in translation.

AAR religion in transation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Āṇṭāḷ. Tiruppāvai.

Āṇṭāḷ.

Āṇṭāḷ. Nācciyār tirumol̲i.

Tamil literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

Tirupp&amp

#257

vai (Thirty Verses for the Drum of M&amp

l)

Commentary and Notes to the Tirupp&amp

avai

N&amp

cciy&amp

r Tirumo&amp

#7739

i (Fourteen Songs for the Love of M&amp

Commentary and Notes to the N&amp

i

Appendix 1: Ta&amp

#7753

iya&amp

to the Tirupp&amp

vai and N&amp

Appendix 2: Major Myths

Appendix 3: Index of Myths and Names in the Tirupp&amp

Glossary

A

B

C

D

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

P

R

S

T

U

V

Y

Bibliography

Index

E

I

Q

W

Y.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Contains:

Āṇṭāḷ. Tiruppāvai. English

Āṇṭāḷ. Nācciyār tirumol̲i. English

ISBN:

0-19-983094-0

1-282-76337-7

9786612763373

0-19-978032-3

OCLC:

667227404