Sri: 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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