Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The name of the ceremony was derived from the names of two Tamil Hindu chants: Thiruvempavai (a Shaivite hymn by Manikkavacakar) and Tiruppavai. It is known that Tamil verses from Thiruvempavai — poet pratu sivalai ("opening the portals of Shiva's home") — were recited at this ceremony, as well as the coronation ceremony of the Thai king. [13]
Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள், romanized: Perumāl) [2] or Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால், romanized: Tirumāl pronunciation ⓘ) is a Hindu deity. [3] Perumal is worshipped mainly among Tamil Hindus in South India and the Tamil diaspora , who consider Perumal to be a form of Vishnu .
Some of the earliest known mentions of Perumal, and the Tamil devotional poems ascribed to him, are found in Paripāṭal – the Sangam era poetic anthology. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is a popular Hindu deity, particularly among Tamils in Tamil Nadu and the Tamil diaspora, as well as in Vaishnava temples. [ 4 ]
The Perumal Tirumoli notably contain five decads on the holy town of Srirangam, and five each on Rama [4] and Krishna, the latter considered to be of great poetic merit. [5] The first pasuram, or hymn, of this work is as follows: [6] When is the day that my pair of eyes shall rejoice, beholding the dark Sapphire, the delicate One, who sleeps
Venkateswara is known by many names such as Srinivasa (in whom Lakshmi dwells), Narayana (The Primordial One), Perumal (the great lord), Malayappa (the lord of the Hill) and Govinda (Protector of Cows). [8] In Tamil, he is commonly called "Elumalayan", meaning Lord of Seven Hills.
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.
Kulasekhara (Tamil: குலசேகரர்; IAST: Kulaśekhara) (fl. 9th century CE), one of the twelve Vaishnavite alvars, was a bhakti theologian and devotional poet from medieval south India. [1] [2] He was the author of "Perumal Tirumoli" in Tamil and "Mukundamala" in Sanskrit.
Nammalvar was one of the twelve Alvar saints of Tamil Nadu, India, who are known for their affiliation to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.The verses of the Alvars are compiled as the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, where praises are sung of 108 temples that are classified as divine realms, called the Divya Desams.