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Sampath Rengarajan • December 5, 1995 


"vaazhi parakaalan vaazhi kalikanRi,
vaazhi kuRaiyaloor vaazhvEnthan-vaazhitarO,
maayOnai vaaLvaliyaal manthirangoL, "mangai"yarkOn
thooyOn sudarmaan vEl"
				emperumaanar



In  continuation  of  the  information  on  thirup   paanaazhwaar  and
thirumangai   aazhwaar,  there  are  some   intersting   "kurippu"  or
"observation" made on 4000.

I.  The  paasurams  that are well  known and named due to the  "muthal
kuRippu" or "first  letters" or "first  words" in the  begining of the
chapters are

1. thirup pallaaNdu
2. amalanaathi piraaN
3. kanninun siruththaambu

II.  The paasurams that are well known and named due to the "anthaathi
thodai" ie "begin  and end  chain" ie the last word ends in a word and
the first word of the next  paasuram  starts with that word within one
chapter and such chapters are

1.  muthal thiru vanthaathi
2.  irandaam thiru vanthaathi
3.  moonRaam thiru vanthaathi

III.  the paasurmas that are well known for both the muthar kurippu as
in case 1 ie the first  letters  or first word and also the  anthaathi
thodar ie the begin and end chain is

1. naanmugan thiruvanthaathi

IV.  The  paasurams  that  arewell  known  due to the  authors  or the
aazhwwars in this case are

1. periyaazhwaar thirumozhi (periyaazhwaar)
2. naachiyaar thirumozhi (anndaal or kOthai naachiyaar thirumozhi)
3. perumaaL thirumozhi ( kulasEkara perumal thirumozhi)

V.  The paasuram that are well known and named due to theri "aLavu" or
"size", "great"ness and numerical stacking order are

1. periya thirumozhi
2. thiru vezhuk kooRRirukkai

VI.  The paasurams that are well known and named for their "paa" are

1. thiru aasiriyam
2. thiruch chantha viruththam
3. thiruk kurun thaandagam
4. thiru nedun thaandagam

VII.  The  passurams  that  are  well  known  are  named  due to their
"(associated) Actions" or "seyal" are

1. thirup paavai
2. thirup paLLi ezhuchchi

VIII.  The  pasurams  that  are  well  known  and  named  due to their
"thanmai" or "type" or "certain grade" or "tenderness" are

1.thiru viruthatham
2. siriya thiru madal
3. periya thiru madal
4. thiru maalai

IX.  The  paasurams  that  are  well  known  and  named  due to  their
"sirappu" or "specility" is

1. thiru vaay mozhi

vaiyagamen poygaipoo tham pEyaazhwaar
mazhiyisaiyaarkOn magizh maaRan mathura kavikaL
poyyil pugazhk kOzhiyarkOn vittu siththan
poonlOthai thoNdaradip podi paaNaazhvaar
iyanrut kaliyanethi raasar thammO
laaRiruvar Ororuvar avarthaancheytha
thuyya thamizhirupaththu naangiRp paattin
thokai naalaayimu madiyOngaL vaazhvE
	-SWAMI DESIKAN, Desikap prabandam

In some places I am not able to get the exact equivalent english word.
I request the Tamil  scholars in this group to suggest on such  words.
eg.  "paa", and "thanmai".  I am not sure if my english words for that
are correct in the context of the mentioned paasurams.

Sampath Rengarajan