Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Belated Happy New Year to All. As promise, my new year resolution, ive spent the new year eve, new year itself and the days thereafter, trying to keep up with the updates. Ive only managed to come this far : 1] Lalitha Sahasranama : compilation : 80% [ Many thanks to Erin vijay ] 2] Bhavaninama Sahasra Stuthi : 80% 3] SL : verses in image format in the homepage till SL20. Images of yantra up till 16 too have been downloaded, but Ive not yet added in the html. Will do them by this week. Kalkin108 have the link to the site. Personal Request : abirami andadhi. Would it be possible for anyone to write a short note of introduction for this text : what's its all about. Who compose etc... Im sure it will be helpful for others who have never heard or come across this text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Short intro to abirami andhAdhi: http://sanskritdocuments.org/sites/ramya475/AbhiramiAndhathi.htm Abhirami is the Goddess of Thirukadayur near MayiladuThurai town of Tamil Nadu. The Lord Shiva who presides over the temple is called Amritha Gateswarar. It is believed that while transporting the Nectar (Amritha) which they got by churning the ocean of milk, the Devas kept a pot of Amritha in Thirukadayur.This pot became one with the land and became the siva linga. It is also believed that it is at this temple that the Sage Markandeya prayed Lord Shiva and could avoid death forever. Abhirami means "She who is attractive every moment of time". This goddess is believed to be extremely powerful and fulfills the wishes of all her devotees. One of her great devotees of the past was Abhirama Bhattar. He was so much her devotee that he never used to think of any other thing except her. This made him look like a mad man. People even suspected him of practicing evil rites. One day Raja Serfoji, the Mahratta king who was ruling over Tanjore visited the temple. The Archakas told him about Abhirama Bhattar. The king while returning to the palace casually asked Abhirama Bhattar the Thithi. Abhirama Bhattar who was at the time seeing the Goddess in his reverie, answered that it was Pournami (Full moon). Raja went his way. But actually the day was Amavasya (New moon). Bhattar realized his mistake soon and felt extremely sorry. He then set up 100 rope hangings and hung in them. Below he created a huge fire. He prayed Goddess Abhirami to prove that he is right. This he did by singing 100 stanzas in praise of Abhirami.As soon as one stanza was completed one rope was cut. He also composed the stanzas in such a way that the first word of a stanza was the last word of previous stanza (this style of poem is called Anthadhi meaning end-start).It is believed that when he completed the 79th stanza, the Goddess appeared before him and reassured him that she will do the needful. She took her Thadanga (a diamond ornament) and threw it in the sky where it stood. This was so sparkling that it appeared like a full moon. The Goddess also ordered Abhirama Bhattar to complete his poem. He continued and ended with 100 stanzas. Raja Serfoji realized how great Abhirama Bhattar was and honoured him. Each stanza of the poem Abhirami Andhathi is a gem of poetry in itself. The language is not the spoken Tamil and this was further complicated by the fact that the first word of the next stanza should be the last word of the previous stanza, making the thought process of the stanza entwined. An attempt has been made here to translate Abhirami Andhathi in to free verse and following the rules of Andhathi.In other words, it would be Abhirami End-start poem. , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > Belated Happy New Year to All. As promise, my new year resolution, > ive spent the new year eve, new year itself and the days thereafter, > trying to keep up with the updates. Ive only managed to come this > far : > > > 1] Lalitha Sahasranama : compilation : 80% [ Many thanks to Erin > vijay ] > > 2] Bhavaninama Sahasra Stuthi : 80% > > 3] SL : verses in image format in the homepage till SL20. Images of > yantra up till 16 too have been downloaded, but Ive not yet added in > the html. Will do them by this week. Kalkin108 have the link to the > site. > > > Personal Request : abirami andadhi. Would it be possible for anyone > to write a short note of introduction for this text : what's its all > about. Who compose etc... Im sure it will be helpful for others who > have never heard or come across this text. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Online streaming audio can be listened to here: http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/movie/TD00001.html , "ganpra" <ganpra wrote: > > Short intro to abirami andhAdhi: > http://sanskritdocuments.org/sites/ramya475/AbhiramiAndhathi.htm > > Abhirami is the Goddess of Thirukadayur near MayiladuThurai town of > Tamil Nadu. The Lord Shiva who presides over the temple is called > Amritha Gateswarar. It is believed that while transporting the Nectar > (Amritha) which they got by churning the ocean of milk, the Devas > kept a pot of Amritha in Thirukadayur.This pot became one with the > land and became the siva linga. It is also believed that it is at > this temple that the Sage Markandeya prayed Lord Shiva and could > avoid death forever. > > Abhirami means "She who is attractive every moment of time". This > goddess is believed to be extremely powerful and fulfills the wishes > of all her devotees. One of her great devotees of the past was > Abhirama Bhattar. He was so much her devotee that he never used to > think of any other thing except her. This made him look like a mad > man. People even suspected him of practicing evil rites. One day Raja > Serfoji, the Mahratta king who was ruling over Tanjore visited the > temple. The Archakas told him about Abhirama Bhattar. The king while > returning to the palace casually asked Abhirama Bhattar the Thithi. > Abhirama Bhattar who was at the time seeing the Goddess in his > reverie, answered that it was Pournami (Full moon). Raja went his > way. But actually the day was Amavasya (New moon). Bhattar realized > his mistake soon and felt extremely sorry. He then set up 100 rope > hangings and hung in them. Below he created a huge fire. He prayed > Goddess Abhirami to prove that he is right. This he did by singing > 100 stanzas in praise of Abhirami.As soon as one stanza was completed > one rope was cut. He also composed the stanzas in such a way that the > first word of a stanza was the last word of previous stanza (this > style of poem is called Anthadhi meaning end-start).It is believed > that when he completed the 79th stanza, the Goddess appeared before > him and reassured him that she will do the needful. She took her > Thadanga (a diamond ornament) and threw it in the sky where it stood. > This was so sparkling that it appeared like a full moon. The Goddess > also ordered Abhirama Bhattar to complete his poem. He continued and > ended with 100 stanzas. Raja Serfoji realized how great Abhirama > Bhattar was and honoured him. > > Each stanza of the poem Abhirami Andhathi is a gem of poetry in > itself. The language is not the spoken Tamil and this was further > complicated by the fact that the first word of the next stanza should > be the last word of the previous stanza, making the thought process > of the stanza entwined. > > An attempt has been made here to translate Abhirami Andhathi in to > free verse and following the rules of Andhathi.In other words, it > would be Abhirami End-start poem. > > , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@> > wrote: > > > > Belated Happy New Year to All. As promise, my new year resolution, > > ive spent the new year eve, new year itself and the days > thereafter, > > trying to keep up with the updates. Ive only managed to come this > > far : > > > > > > 1] Lalitha Sahasranama : compilation : 80% [ Many thanks to Erin > > vijay ] > > > > 2] Bhavaninama Sahasra Stuthi : 80% > > > > 3] SL : verses in image format in the homepage till SL20. Images of > > yantra up till 16 too have been downloaded, but Ive not yet added > in > > the html. Will do them by this week. Kalkin108 have the link to the > > site. > > > > > > Personal Request : abirami andadhi. Would it be possible for anyone > > to write a short note of introduction for this text : what's its > all > > about. Who compose etc... Im sure it will be helpful for others who > > have never heard or come across this text. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Thanks. This music was the best new year gift I had in many years , "ganpra" <ganpra wrote: > > Online streaming audio can be listened to here: > > http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/movie/TD00001.html > > , "ganpra" <ganpra@> wrote: > > > > Short intro to abirami andhAdhi: > > http://sanskritdocuments.org/sites/ramya475/AbhiramiAndhathi.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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