Gita in Nalayiram, also thanks for dvipam discussion

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Dear Members of the Bhakti group: Forgive me if this question has been

answered already. I get the digest version of the bhakti discussions and

then read it slowly. I just read Sri Desikan Narayanan's question on the

Gita. In addition to the extensive information and discussions alluded to

by Sri Sampath Rengarajan, I may add that there are several verses which

allude to Lord Krishna being the chariot driver of Arjuna. (I can give the

whole list if someone is interested). Furthermore, in Nanmukan Tiruvantati

v. 71, there is an allusion to "anRu Otiya vAkku" which most teachers take

as a reference to the Bhagavad Gita. Again, I apologize if all this a

repetition and this has been discussed already in yesterday's postings.

If anyone is interested in concordances: one spring break, about 11 years

ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down and cataloging all the major

incidents from Puranas, itihasas etc., plus all the major names of the Lord

alluded to by the alvars in the Nalayiram. This eventually formed a long

appendix in my book _The Way and the Goal: Expressions of Devotion in the

Early Srivaisnava tradition_ (1987). It may be of limited help to people

who are interested in tracking down all (or most, since it is hard to be

comprehensive) references to particular incidents. The book will probably

be in many university libraries. There are also some incidents unique to

the alvars bhakti/wisdom.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sri Sadagopan, Sri

Vijayaraghavan and Sri Sudarhan for responding to my question on the dveepam

and Mount Meru. Do I take it that the Buffalo temple says Mero dakshine

parsve? I am also intrigued that the place associated with Murugan in

Puranas (Krauncha dveepam) is the name given to this continent.

With best wishes and many thanks, Vasudha