The secret garland : Antals Tiruppavai and Nacciyar tirumoli / / translated with introduction and commentary by Archana Venkatesan
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| Autore: |
Venkatesan Archana
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| Titolo: |
The secret garland : Antals Tiruppavai and Nacciyar tirumoli / / translated with introduction and commentary by Archana Venkatesan
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 894.8/1111 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tamil literature |
| Altri autori: |
Antal
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| 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& -- #257 -- vai (Thirty Verses for the Drum of M& -- #257 -- l) -- Commentary and Notes to the Tirupp& -- #257 -- avai -- N& -- #257 -- cciy& -- #257 -- r Tirumo& -- #7739 -- i (Fourteen Songs for the Love of M& -- #257 -- l) -- Commentary and Notes to the N& -- #257 -- cciy& -- #257 -- r Tirumo& -- #7739 -- i -- Appendix 1: Ta& -- #7753 -- iya& -- #7753 -- to the Tirupp& -- #257 -- vai and N& -- #257 -- cciy& -- #257 -- r Tirumo& -- #7739 -- i -- Appendix 2: Major Myths -- Appendix 3: Index of Myths and Names in the Tirupp& -- #257 -- vai and N& -- #257 -- cciy& -- #257 -- r Tirumo& -- #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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The secret garland |
| ISBN: | 0-19-983094-0 |
| 1-282-76337-7 | |
| 9786612763373 | |
| 0-19-978032-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910961789203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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AAR religion in translation.