For My Blemishless Lord : A Study of Three Śrīvaiṣṇava Medieval Commentaries on Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār's Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anandakichenin, Suganya.

Series:

Beyond Boundaries Series

Beyond Boundaries Series ; v.11

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Suganya Anandakichenin, Universität Hamburg.

Summary:

For my Blemishless Lord presents the text and translation of the exquisite poem Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ by Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār, which is part of the Śrīvaiṣṇava canon, the Nālāyira Divya Prabandham (6th - 9th centuries CE), together with the three Śrīvaiṣṇava commentaries in Tamil-Sanskrit Manipravalam (13th - 14th centuries) by key figures in the medieval religious history of South Asia, namely, Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai, Aḻakiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār, and Vedānta Deśikaṉ. Offering the first fully annotated, complete translation of these exegetical writings, this volume analyses the language, commentary techniques, and theological positions of the commentators. Looking also at cultural, religious, and other allusions made by them, it places them in their literary, social, and religious backgrounds during a period of budding dissent within the Śrīvaiṣṇava community, to which they contributed at least in part. This rich resource is made available in English for the first time for students of Tamil and Manipravala, theology, religious history, and philology.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Amalaṉ āti pirāṉ

2. Commentaries and the commentators on the Amalaṉ

3. The commentarial techniques

4. Typical features found in the Śrīvaiṣṇava commentaries

5. The theological content in the commentaries

6. Concluding thoughts

List of abbreviations

A note on translation, transliteration, etc.

Manuscripts and editions

7. Edition and translation

Appendix 1. Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai's commentary on the last two lines of Amalaṉ in his Rāmāyaṇa Taṉiślokam

Appendix 2. A Recapitulation of the pramāṇas quoted by the commentators

Appendix 3. A recapitulative table of parallels that Deśikaṉ draws between the Amalaṉ and the mantras

Appendix 4. An Index of Quotations

Manuscripts

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

9783110773231

OCLC:

1415896921