A Tamil equivalent for the word Bhakti

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bhakti-list, jasn sn <jayasartn> wrote:

>The word /pakti is not a proper /tamiz word. Poets

>like /tAyumAvar have not

>used it.

 

'patti' and 'pattar' are old words used repeatedly by the Azvars. In

addition to the many references Ms Saranathan has given, perumAL

tirumozi may also be cited here:

 

manniya taNcAral vaTa vEGkaTattAntan

ponniyalum cEvaTikaL kANpAn purintiRaiJci

konnavilum kUrvEl kulacEkaran conna

panniyanUl tamiznUL pAGkAya pattarkaLE.

(perumAL tirumozi 4.11)

 

Kamparamayanam (as does villibharatam) also has many references

to 'patti' and 'pattar'. Hence it is not clear the basis on which a

statement like the one quoted above has been made.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Lakshmi Srinivas

 

 

PS: Although this is scarcely the place to discuss these references,

I just include them here for completeness i.e., Campantar, Appar and

Sundarar's tevaram verses are replete with references to 'patti'

and 'pattar' as does tirumantiram of tirumular.

 

References for 'patti':

 

tevaram: 3.98.10, 5.97.4, 1.91.1, 1.93.2, 3.51.2, 2.66.3, 3.119.2,

7.43.9, 2.59.7, 3.120.7, 4.23.1, 4.64.9

tirumantiram: 347.4, 893.3, 2890.2, 1639.2, 2069.1, 2628.4, 2668.4,

3104.1

 

References for 'pattar':

 

tevaram: 1.56.11, 1.96.4, 2.28.10 etc etc

tirumantiram: 1446.1, 2623.4, 2626.3 etc etc

 

I stop here being increasingly apprehensive of carpal tunnel

syndrome :-)