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Mystical hymn of Andal 

ANDAL'S THIRUPPAVAI ? Sublime Poetry of Mysticism:
Vankeepuram Rajagopalan; Pub.by the author, No.3
(N/5), 3rd Canal Cross Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai-600020. 

Rs. 150. 

THE PRESENT book on Thiruppavai is unique and
different from any other study. It is divided into
three chapters. First is the introduction; next is the
translation of the original text and the rest is the
author's short notes on the Vedas, the Brahmasutras
and modern philosophy. 

In the introduction, the author in his note on the18th
verse of the Thiruppavai, discusses the Lord's
"leela", creation, sustentation and destruction and
quotes the Brahma Sutra 2-1-33 following Ramanuja's
commentary. At the end of the introduction, he quotes
from Rabindranath. It shows his scholarship and gives
the valuable contribution of Andal. 

The author says that just as the Goddess of the Earth
took the form of Andal, the Upanishad became her Tamil
work Thiruppavai. While commenting on the word
"Vaikunta" in the ninth verse he quotes from the Rig
Veda and elaborates the meaning of the word based on
its hymns. 

One of the verses of Andal refers to a unique cosmic
phenomenon of Venus (Sukra) visible in the morning sky
two hours before the sunrise and the disappearance of
Jupiter. Based on this reference L.D. Swamy Kannu
Pillai well known astronomer and Tamil scholar M.
Raghava Iyengar, have determined the date of Andal in
the Eighth Century A.D. 

He has discussed the words "Chanku" (conch) and
"Chakra" in verse 14 which say the conch is the symbol
of sound. 

K. K. A. VENKATACHARI 




        
                
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