Periya Thiru-Mozhi 24

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chiranjeevi Padmanabhan,

 

My wife and I are visiting our daughters, Sumathy and

Aravinda, in the U.S.

 

We are initially spending time with Sumathy in

Richardson / Dallas (Texas).

 

I heard someone report a linkage between 'kolliam

pAvai' and tiru-veLLaRai puNDareekAksha perumAL.

 

Is there any such reference in the 'tiru-maDal'

vyAkhyAnam to this effect ?

 

By the way, WHAT IS THE UPDATE on tiru-k-kuRun-kuDi ?

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan,

tirumanjanam Sundara Rajan.

 

--- Padmanabhan <aazhwar wrote:

 

>

> kolliampAvai

>

> Earlier it was seen that despite periya pirAtti's

> presence parkalA nAyaki was desiring emperumAn. The

> mother now talks very high regarding the beauty of

> parkAla nAyaki.

>

> Does she compare her with fresh lotus? Or is she

> related to the moon? Or is her beauty at pAr with

> upper world maidens?

>

> No.She is termed as "kolliampAvai"

>

> kolliampAvai.

>

> kolliampAvai is a scupture of a maiden in the kolli

> hils created by dhEva siRpi in those days. This is

> supposed to belong to small king "vallu Ori" -an

> ancient tamil descendent. The sages and dEvAs in the

> hills were being tormented by the demons and asurA

> clans. This maiden's- made by dhEva siRpi- smile

> attracts the demons and they fall dead at the

> mystical smile. The sculpture was so created to

> emanate the smile of demolition at the venture of

> some demons.

>

> The greatness and beauty of the kolliampAvai is

> narrated as being at kolli hills, full of beauty, is

> not destroyed by wind or rainfall or other such

> hurdles. These are all described in tamil works like

> naRRinai, sEvaga chinthAmaNi. In fact, aganAnURu,

> puRanAnURu qutoe kolliampAvai while talking of

> beauty of the heroines.

>

> silappadhigAram mentions that thirumagaL danced in

> the form of 'kolliampAvai' to make the demons who

> came forth with aggressive intentions and defeated

> them with the beatuy.

>

> Accordingly, our mother, mother of parakAla nAyaki

> describes the beauty of parkAla nAyaki as that of

> kolliampAvai.

>

> It is pertinent to note that in the pAsuram parakAla

> nAyaki is just mentioned as kolliampAvai and not

> kolliampAvaikku oppu.-this is called muRRuvamai when

> the subject itself is almost like the example.

>

> The pAsuram goes on like this.

>

> "...Agiulum Asai vidALAL, kuvaLaiamkaNNi,

> kolliampAvai....sollu nin-thAL ..." periya

> thiru-mozhi 2-7-1;

>

> vanamamalai padmnaabhan

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