For My Blemishless Lord: A Study of Three Śrīvaiṣṇava Medieval Commentaries on Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār’s Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ

Suganya Anandakichenin

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For My Blemishless Lord

A Study of Three Śrīvaiṣṇava Medieval Commentaries on Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār’s Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ

Suganya Anandakichenin

Languages: English, Multiple languages

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For my Blemishless Lord presents the text and translation of the exquisite poem Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ by Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār, which is part of the Śrīvaiṣṇava canon, the Nālāyira Divya Prabandham (6th – 9th centuries CE), together with the three Śrīvaiṣṇava commentaries in Tamil-Sanskrit Manipravalam (13th – 14th centuries) by key figures in the medieval religious history of South Asia, namely, Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai, Aḻakiya Maṇavāḷa Perumāḷ Nāyaṉār, and Vedānta Deśikaṉ.

Offering the first fully annotated, complete translation of these exegetical writings, this volume analyses the language, commentary techniques, and theological positions of the commentators. Looking also at cultural, religious, and other allusions made by them, it places them in their literary, social, and religious backgrounds during a period of budding dissent within the Śrīvaiṣṇava community, to which they contributed at least in part.

This rich resource is made available in English for the first time for students of Tamil and Manipravala, theology, religious history, and philology.

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Suganya Anandakichenin, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	V
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
Preface Open Access Download PDF	IX
1. Introduction: The Amalaṉ āti pirāṉ Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Commentaries and the commentators on the Amalaṉ Open Access Download PDF	14
3. The commentarial techniques Open Access Download PDF	29
4. Typical features found in the Śrīvaiṣṇava commentaries Open Access Download PDF	42
5. The theological content in the commentaries Open Access Download PDF	48
6. Concluding thoughts Open Access Download PDF	61
List of abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	62
A note on translation, transliteration, etc. Open Access Download PDF	63
Manuscripts and editions Open Access Download PDF	65
7. Edition and translation Open Access Download PDF	68
Appendix 1. Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s commentary on the last two lines of Amalaṉ in his Rāmāyaṇa Taṉiślokam Open Access Download PDF	342
Appendix 2. A Recapitulation of the pramāṇas quoted by the commentators Open Access Download PDF	349
Appendix 3. A recapitulative table of parallels that Deśikaṉ draws between the Amalaṉ and the mantras Open Access Download PDF	350
Appendix 4. An Index of Quotations Open Access Download PDF	351
Manuscripts Open Access Download PDF	366
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	367
Index Open Access Download PDF	377

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377

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110773231

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Manipravala; Śrīvaiṣṇava; Divyaprabandham; Vedāntadeśika.

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Students of Tamil and Manipravala, theology, religious history, and philology.

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