andhaNar, vEdhiyar, paarppanar, battar and BrahmaNar

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Mani Varadarajan <mani

>> Azhvaar establishing Sriman Narayana as the supreme

>> the Pandiyan court ...

>

>It is my understanding that Periyaazhvaar was a poor

>temple brahmin.....

>The epithet ``bhattar piraan'' most probably was applied

>to Vishnuchittan because of his great bhakti to PerumaaL, and that

>too only after his vision of the Lord at Madurai as recorded

>in the thiruppallaandu.

>

>periyaazhvaar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam

>

>kaarmali mEni niRaththu kaNNapiraanai ugandhu

>vaarmali kongai yasOdhai manchanam aattiya vaaRRai

>paarmali thol pudhuvaik kOn bhattar piraan sonna paadal

>seermali senthamizh vallaar theevinaiyaadhum ilarE

>

>Mani

 

It is this "pudhuvaik kOn" (King of pudhuvai) which made

Vidya Dehejia speculate that he was probably a Brahmin King/Chief.

 

As you say, it must have been his status "after" winning

the "poRkizhi" in the Pandian's court.

 

Srinivasan K