The Secret Garland: Andals Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli
Andal's Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli
Archana Venkatesan
ISBN: | 9789351775768 |
Publisher: | Harpercollins India |
Published: | 7 February, 2018 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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The Secret Garland: Andals Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli
Andal's Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli
Archana Venkatesan
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
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