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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 Amalanatipiran (Tamil: அமலனாதிபிரான், romanized: Amalaṉātipirāṉ, lit. 'the unblemished first lord') is a work of Tamil Hindu ...
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]
Written by the poet-saint Periyalvar, [3] it is the opening hymn of the medieval devotional compendium of the Alvars, the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. [4] [5] It is referenced in other works of this anthology, such as the Perumal Tirumoli. [6] This hymn is commonly recited at temples that adhere to the Sri Vaishnava tradition during the morning ...
This collection of their hymns is known as the Naalayira Divya Prabhandham. The Sri Vaishnava shrines that were extolled by the Alvars are called the Divya Desams , where a number of these poet-saints offered their mangalasasanam.
[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. [4]
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.
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