Fwd: Books on 4000 Divya prapandam & Alwars

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SrI:

 

Dear SrI Anand:

 

For the SampradhAyic intrepretation ,

the publications of Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan

Swamy on AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam ( Swamy NammAzhwAr's

ThiruvAimozhi : Two volumes) and the other two volumes

on IyaRppA are the best . UtthamUr Swamy's

commentaries on the Dhivya prabhandhams are also

classics from the SampradhAyic view point .

 

I will be happy to provide the addresses , where

you can purchase them in Chennai , if needed.

 

The upcoming release of the First Volume of

AzhwAr's Vaibhavam THIS MONTH will contain the recitation of

7 AzhwAr's entire paasurams in the manner in which

the Melkote Dhivya prabahndha GhOshti recites

going back to AchArya RaamAnujA's time . The life

and the dhivya desams visited by the AzhwArs are there

with excellent graphics and English text in the Interactive

Multimedia format .Sanskrit/Tamil Taniyans and

the Paasurams recitation form the studio

recorded audio content .The 7 AzhwArs covered

in this First Volume are:

 

The Three Mudhal AzhwArs , PeriyAzhwAr , ANDAL ,

ThoNDaradippodi , ThiruppANar .Their 1011 pasurams

are recorded in the audio format with breif notes

on their aruLiccheyalkaL .

 

That leaves us with the lives and works of

Swamy NammAzhwAr , Madhura Kavi, KulasEkharar,

Kaliyan and Thirumazhisai . That content will be released

as Volumes II and III of the Lives and works of AzhwArs

during this Marghazhi Maasam/Vaikunta EkAdasi time frame .

 

NamO NaarAyaNa ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

[ I also would highly recommend 'Alvar Tiruvullam' to

readers of Tamil. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan has done

a very commendable job of taking all the purvacharyas'

works and condensing them into a single, easy-to-read

Tamil version. The English translation is also helpful

but nowhere near as detailed as the Tamil. -- Mani ]

 

At 04:31 AM 9/16/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Namaskarams.

>

>I would like to know of publications on 4000 Divya prapandam with

>explanation/commentary according to Sri Vaishnava sampradayam.

>I already have a nice book from Lifco containing only the pasurams but no

>commentary.

>I came across 2 ads from Tamil magazines this week, here are the details :

>

>1) Title : 4000 Divya Prapandam with explanation

> Author : Dr. R. V. Kamalakannan PhD

> 9 volumes - 4736 pages, Rs. 675 by VPP

>Publisher: Vardhamanan Publications,

> 15, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar,

> Chennai - 600017, ph 435 0561

>

>2)Title : Sri Vaishnavism and Alwars

> ( sri mukam by Sri Sriperumbudur Jeer Swamy)

>Author: Nallan Chakravarthi R. Devarajan

>Rs. 350

>Publisher : Sri Senbaga Publications,

> Old # 24, Krishna Street,

> T. Nagar, Chennai 600017

> ph 433 1510

>

>Not sure whether the above will be authentic. I am interested in the

>sampradaya meanings,Sri Alwars' bhakthi than the Tamil literal/grammar

>beauties.

>Can anyone suggest of any other good commentary works(if any by Sri Mukkur

>Swamy, Sri Krishna Premi, Dr. MAV swamy...etc)?

>

>adiyen,

>Anand.

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