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The work is a part of a compendium of hymns called the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. [4] The Tirunetuntantakam consists of 30 hymns dedicated to the deity Vishnu. It is written in a Tamil poetic meter known as the tāṇṭakam, in which each line of a stanza consists of more than 26 syllables, composed of quatrains of equal length. [5] [6]
The Naalayira Divya Prabandham (Tamil: நாலாயிரத் திவ்வியப் பிரபந்தம், romanized: Nālāyira Divya Prabandham, lit. 'Four Thousand Divine Hymns') is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars. [1] It was compiled in its present form by Nāthamuni during the 9th–10th centuries.
The poem is divided into 10 sections (pattu) of about 100 verses each.Each hundred is divided into 10 decads (tiruvaymoli) 28 of 10 verses (pasuram) each.A special feature of the poem is that it is in the style of an antati, that is, the last words of one verse forms the opening words of the next one.
The Amalanatipiran (Tamil: அமலனாதிபிரான், romanized: Amalaṉātipirāṉ, lit. 'the unblemished first lord') is a work of Tamil Hindu ...
[1] [2] It is a part of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the Sri Vaishnava canon of the Alvars. [3] It is dedicated to the veneration of Vishnu , as well as his forms and incarnations , such as Krishna and Venkateshvara .
The Kanninun Cirutampu is associated with the origin of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. According to legend, the theologian Nathamuni once heard some people reciting the cantos of Āravāmude of Nammalvar at Kumbakonam. Captivated by these pasurams (hymns), he wanted to know more about them. One of the verses also mentioned Āyirattul Ippattu (lit.
He joyously returned and expressed his gratitude to Aravamudhan and Nammalvar profusely. Nathamuni, thus, is regarded to have revived the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, hence becoming the first acharya of the Sri Vaishnava tradition. Nathamuni is considered to be an incarnation of a nityasuri in Vaikuntha, named Gajananar.
Periyalvar also extols Krishna's act of lifting the mountain, Govardhana: [5]. Like the king of the serpents opening his many hoods and supporting the vast worlds on it, The five fingers of Damodara's hand opened