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chiranjeevi Padmanabhan,

My wife and I are visiting our daughters, Sumathy and
Aravinda, in the U.S.

We are initially spending time with Sumathy in
Richardson / Dallas (Texas).

I heard someone report a linkage between 'kolliam
pAvai' and tiru-veLLaRai puNDareekAksha perumAL.

Is there any such reference in the 'tiru-maDal'
vyAkhyAnam to this effect ?

By the way, WHAT IS THE UPDATE on tiru-k-kuRun-kuDi ?

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan,
tirumanjanam Sundara Rajan.

--- Padmanabhan <aazhwar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> kolliampAvai
> 
> Earlier it was seen that despite periya pirAtti's
> presence parkalA nAyaki was desiring emperumAn. The
> mother now talks very high regarding the beauty of
> parkAla nAyaki.
> 
> Does she compare her with fresh lotus? Or is she
> related to the moon? Or is her beauty at pAr with
> upper world maidens?
> 
> No.She is termed as "kolliampAvai"
> 
> kolliampAvai.
> 
> kolliampAvai is a scupture of a maiden in the kolli
> hils created by dhEva siRpi in those days. This is
> supposed to belong to small king "vallu Ori" -an
> ancient tamil descendent. The sages and dEvAs in the
> hills were being tormented by the demons and asurA
> clans. This maiden's- made by dhEva siRpi- smile
> attracts the demons and  they fall dead at the
> mystical smile.  The sculpture was so created to
> emanate the smile of demolition at the venture of
> some demons. 
> 
> The greatness and beauty of the kolliampAvai is
> narrated as being at kolli hills, full of beauty, is
> not destroyed by wind or rainfall or other such
> hurdles. These are all described in tamil works like
> naRRinai, sEvaga chinthAmaNi. In fact, aganAnURu,
> puRanAnURu qutoe kolliampAvai while talking of
> beauty of the heroines. 
> 
> silappadhigAram mentions that thirumagaL danced in
> the form of 'kolliampAvai' to make the demons who
> came forth with aggressive intentions and defeated
> them  with the beatuy.
> 
> Accordingly, our mother, mother of parakAla nAyaki
> describes the beauty of parkAla nAyaki as that of
> kolliampAvai.
> 
> It is pertinent to note that in the pAsuram parakAla
> nAyaki is just mentioned as kolliampAvai and not
> kolliampAvaikku oppu.-this is called muRRuvamai when
> the subject itself is almost like the example.
> 
> The pAsuram goes on like this.
> 
> "...Agiulum Asai vidALAL, kuvaLaiamkaNNi,
> kolliampAvai....sollu nin-thAL ..." periya
> thiru-mozhi 2-7-1;
> 
> vanamamalai padmnaabhan
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



                
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