Clarification required

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SRI:

 

Dear Sriman Aravind :

 

You wanted to know the Sanskrit equivalent of

Thiruneermalai ThAyAr's name in Tamil :

" aNi maa malar Mangai ". First , we should

understand the meanings of the FOUR words

joining together as a Naamaa for our Mother

at Thiruneermalai.

 

These FOUR words are : aNi+ maa+malar +Mangai

 

There are 20 Paasurams of two AzhwArs on

Thiruneermalai including one from BhUthatthAzhwAr ;

the others are from Thirumangai Mannan , where you

come across these words.

 

aNi = azhagiya , beautiful

maa= big or Lakshmi

malar= flower , here the lotus flower

mangai = maiden /kumaari , who has just

crossed the stage of yuvathy .

 

aNi maamalar mangai literally means the beautiful

lady associated with the big lotus flower , who is

none other than Sri Devi, the dharma pathni of the Lord .

 

adiyen will translate therefore "aNImaamalar Mangai " as

 

SUNDARA PANKAJA VALLI .

 

She is seated in front of Her Husband on a throne of mighty lotus

(maamalar ) according to Swamy Desikan's SrI Sthuthi:

 

" agrE bharthu: sarasijamayE bhadrapeeDE nishaNNAm "

 

May this " Sakala Buvana PrarTanA KaamdhEnu " worshipped

at Thiruneermalai as " aNi maamalar Mangai" bless us all

during this dheepAvaLi season !

 

NarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa !

 

Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan

 

-

Sethuraman, Aravind (S.)

 

Friday, November 05, 2004 2:04 AM

[RamanujaMission] Clarification required

Dear All,

Adiyen wants to know the Sanskrit equivalent of the Thirunaamam

'aNimAmalar mangai' of Thaayaar at Thiruneermalai. Can anyone from

the Learned group of Periyavaas let adiyen know the same…..Thanks.

dasan S.Aravind