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Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Dear bhAgavathAs,
Accept my pranams. I have doubts about the name Nappinnai 
and would like to hear with clarity(so that my mind becomes clear)as 
to who Nappinnai refers to. I have heard that nappinnai is the tamil 
equivalent of the samskrt name nILAdEvi. Lord has three wives Sri,BhU 
and NILA. Sri BhUvarahacarya swami says that Nappinnai is the chief 
queen of KrShNa and hence the recommending authority and also Swami 
says that RukmiNi is Sri amsam(if this be the case why do we have 
SriRukmiNi samEtha Srivenkatakrishnan instead of Nappinnai sametha 
venkatakrishnan just as SriRama is always with Sita). Also Puttur 
Swami says(in ANdAL's vaibhavam,NDP book): Lord SriRangantha tells 
periyAzhvAr "like tiruppARkadal arasanaippOlEyum,janaka 
chakravarthyaippOlEyum nIrum namakku mAmanArAgi vittIr". From 
SriKrShNa's story we see that it is RukmiNi who is the chief queen of 
SriKrShNa. 

Lord vyUha vAsudEva(in tiruppARkadal)has consorts kadal 
magaL nAcciyAr(nILAdEvi)and bhUdEvi. I am under the impression that 
satyabhAma is an avatar of bhUdEvi(so is ANdAL)and Sita is "Sri" 
amsam. Also the Lord Venkatakrishnan(Sri Parthasarathy temple in 
Madras) is standing with only RukmiNi and the entire family(pradhumna 
was born to rukmiNi). This implies RukmiNi is His chief queen(also I 
think but not very sure that SriKrShNa admits in Srimad bhAgavatham 
that rukmiNi is the most beloved to Him). Nappinnai can not refer to 
rAdhA as the latter was not SriKrShNa's consort. Our sampradayam 
being "Sri(who is never separated from Him and intercedes with the 
Lord on behalf of us)" and keeping dwayam in mind,why does Sri 
ParAshara Bhattar starts the thaniyan with "nILAthunga sthanagiri"?
Also kaliyan in his tirumozhi on Tiru allikENi says "than thuNai 
AyarpAvai nappinnai". Can anyone please post the meaning of that 
thaniyan and also clearly explain who this name Nappinnai refers to 
quoting references?
Thanks and Best regards 

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr JIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai




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