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Tiruvaymozhi commentaries - missing commentary

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elayavalli • June 4, 2002 


Sri:
SrimathE Ramanujaya Nama:
AzhwAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE Saranam

Dear Group

Some time back i had posted the following on a different list. I'll
repeat it here. 

We know that Tiruvaymozhi has 7 commentaries:

1.  6000 padi by Sri Pillaan
2.  9000 padi by Nanjeeyar
3. 24000 padi by sri periyavaacaan pillai
4. 36000 padi by vadakku thiruveedi pillai (also known as nampillai's)
5. 12000 padi vaadikesari alakiya manavaala jeeyar
6. 18000 padi by periya parakala swami
7. 24000 padi by vEdanta ramanuja mahadEsikan (on pillan's work)

what is not known is there is another commentary by a lower caste 
lady called tiruk kOnEri dAsAyi

She was a sishya of Nanjeeyar and her commentary is apparently unique.
This was published some 60-70 years back and the original manuscript
is with the Saraswati mahal in Tanjavoor. 

In the entire commentary thiruk kOneri dAsAyi uses the first paasuram
'uyar vara uyar nalam' as a basis as is said to be very different 
fro other commentaries. This work is mentioned in Sri B. S. S. 
Iyengar's recent english translation of Nammalwaars Tiruvaymozhi.  

We should try and get this work published.


thanks
adiyEn 

Venkatesh Elayavilli





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