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From: Ranga Satagopan (rsata_at_ctp.com)
Date: Tue May 30 1995 - 13:02:39 PDT
Hello, > thaNnthuNai aayar paavai nNappiNnNnai thaNnakkiRai maRRaiyORkellaam > ... > here nNappiNnNnai is referred to as the aayar girl to which aaNdaaL Doesn't "aayar" refer to the cowherd tribe to which Yashoda/Nandagopan belonged? I always thought so due to the association between "Aayppadi" and Krishna. If that is so, AandaaL cannot be the one referred to, she being the daughter of Periyaazhwar, a brahmin. Infact, this reference of Tirumangaiyazhwar seems to indicate that Nappinnai could be Radha! Also, what are the relative times in which Tirumangaiyazhwar and AandaaL lived? Even if T. aazhwar is of a later period, would AandaaL have been so famous a devotee by then that he would refer to her in his pasuram? - Ranga -------------------------------------------------------------- Ranga Satagopan Cambridge Technology Partners rsata@ctp.com --------------------------------------------------------------