Questions tagged [divya-prabhandham]
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Do Adi shankaracharya mentioned Nalayira Divya Prabandam?
Do Adi shankaracharya mentioned Nalayira Divya Prabandam in this commentaries and his scriptures
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What is the meaning of this Divya Prabandham verse?
viShNuChitta in his Periyazhwar Thirumozhi 4.7.10 (overall pasuram #400) says:
மூன்றெழுத்ததனை மூன்றெழுத்ததனால் மூன்றெழுத்தாக்கி மூன்றெழுத்தை
ஏன்றுகொண்டிருப்பார்க்கு இரக்கம் நன்குடைய எம்புருடோத்தமனிரு...
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How has the killing of Shambuka been described by the Sri Vaishnava tradition and what reason/justification, if any, has been given for the same
As per this site, Kulasekara Azhwar indicates the incident of Shri Rama killing Shambuka in verse 749 in the 10th dashakam of Perumal Tirumozhi of the Muthalayiram of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. ...
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Is there a reference for the pasurams sung during the jeeyar sevai at Tirupati?
Every morning, there is a special darshan at Tirupati for the jeeyar (head) of a traditional mutt at Tirumala. Other Srivaishnavite brahmins too may be permitted to accompany the jeeyar to serve as ...
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Which Divya Prabandham commentators discussed this Kishkindha Kanda verse?
In the beginning of the Kishkindha Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana, Rama and Lakshmana reach the banks of the lake Pampa, and Rama laments as all the beautiful things he sees around him reminds of Sita, ...
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How do Sri Vaishnavas know that the Alwars were incarnations of Nitya Suris?
How do Sri Vaishnavas know that the Alwars were incarnations of Nitya Suris?
Nitya Suris are the eternally inhabitants of Vaikunta who have never entered samsara.
The Alwars were ancient Tamil ...
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What is the pramanya of the Naalayira Divya Prabhandham?
The Naalayira Divya Prabhandham are 4,000 verses in Tamil spoken by ancient Tamil Vaishnava saints (Alwars) that are revered by Sri Vaishnavas.
They are so important that they are epistemologically ...
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Historical evidence for time period of Nathamuni
Alkondaville Govindacharya's work on the life of Ramanujacharya mentions that Nathamuni lived for a total of 540 years (pg 12). The book begins by stating that in the year 916 A.D. when Yamunacharya ...
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Where can I find the side by side compilation of the vedic verses and their tamil counterparts from Nalayira Divya Prabhandham?
We have the Naalaayira Divyaprabhandham in Tamil, a composition of 4000 verses from 12 Alwars. Among them, Nammalwar is considered as "One who gave the vedas in Tamil" through 1352 verses of the 4000. ...
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