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Dear Smt.Napinnai,
Your piece on Andal is moving and inspiring.
I have heard in discouses that there is no reference
to Radha in Srimad Bhagavatam or any Purana.She also
does not figure in Divya Prabandham or any Tamil
classic. Radha is a character in various Hindi
devotional works of medieval period.
Nappinnai figures in both Divya Prabandham and Tamil
classics, but not in Sanskrit. Sri Appayya
Dikshitar[15th century] has stated that Nappinnai
figures in Sri Vishnu Dharmam, but according to Sri
Prativadi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya Swamy, the
extant Sri Vishnu Dharmam text does not have reference
to Nappinnai.
It is possible that Radha and Nappinnai represent folk
traditions of devotional Vaishnavism. 
Regards,TCAsrinivasaramanujan 

T. C. A Srinivasaramanujan
Email: tcasr@xxxx




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