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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