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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961789203321
• Autore: Venkatesan Archana
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-19-983094-0; 1-282-76337-7; 9786612763373; 0-19-978032-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Collana: AAR religion in transation
• Altri autori (Persone): Antal
• Disciplina: 894.8/1111
• Soggetti: Tamil literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Tirupp&amp -- #257 -- vai (Thirty Verses for the Drum of M&amp -- #257 -- l) -- Commentary and Notes to the Tirupp&amp -- #257 -- avai -- N&amp -- #257 -- cciy&amp -- #257 -- r Tirumo&amp -- #7739 -- i (Fourteen Songs for the Love of M&amp -- #257 -- l) -- Commentary and Notes to the N&amp -- #257 -- cciy&amp -- #257 -- r Tirumo&amp -- #7739 -- i -- Appendix 1: Ta&amp -- #7753 -- iya&amp -- #7753 -- to the Tirupp&amp -- #257 -- vai and N&amp -- #257 -- cciy&amp -- #257 -- r Tirumo&amp -- #7739 -- i -- Appendix 2: Major Myths -- Appendix 3: Index of Myths and Names in the Tirupp&amp -- #257 -- vai and N&amp -- #257 -- cciy&amp -- #257 -- r Tirumo&amp -- #7739 -- i -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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