A Peep into Periya Thiru-mozhi 68

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5+3+1+1

 

LOGIC BEHIND THE NUMBERS

 

We observe in sevaral pAsurams AzhwArs talking in final pAsurams of

tens, mentioning "five pulus five" or "nine plus one'

 

 

In this particular thiru-mozhi thriumangai AzhwAr mentions :

 

"...aindhinodu mUnRum onRinoDu onRum..." 3-10-10;

 

These ten pAsurams are classified as four groups.

 

one group consisiting of five pAsuramsl; The next three pAsurams

forming a category,. The next class containing one and the final one.

 

What is the logic behind these numbers.

 

The pAsuram-s 2,3,7, 8 and 9 talk about Lord krshNA and these are clubbed as one group of 5.

 

The fourth, fifth and sixth pAsuram-s talk about narasimha,vAmana and

rAmAvathAram form the group of 3.

 

The first pAsuram talks of archAvathAram is a category and the final

pAsuram being pHala sruthi forming the final one.

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan