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Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār’s Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place
Collection : Collection Indologie
Collection's number: 158
Edition: EFEO - Coéditions, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)
Publication date: 2024
Status : Available
48,00 €
ISBN-13 : 9782855392929
ISSN : 0073-8352
Width : 17 cm
Height : 24 cm
Weight : 1.51 kg
Number of pages : 774
Distributor : EFEO Diffusion, EFEO Pondichéry Contact : shanti@efeo-pondicherry.org
Geography : India
Language : English, Tamil
Place : Pondichéry
Support : Papier
Description :
X+763 p., English, Tamil
ISBN EFEO : 9782855392929
ISBN IFP : 9788184702514
Collection Indologie n˚ 158
NETamil series n˚ 9
Abstract
Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār’s eighth-century magnum opus, the Periya Tirumoḻi, consists of 1084 quatrains of Tamil verse which focus predominantly on sacred sites devoted to the god Viṣṇu, depicting landscapes and temple towns with superb imagery, animation and almost tangible verisimilitude, affording the reader with the experience of a mental pilgrimage. This publication provides the full metrical Tamil text, a transliterated version indicating word boundaries, and an English translation that tightly adheres to the original as much as possible, but also endeavours to provide a pleasant poetic experience for the reader. Ample annotations offer insight into grammar, prosody, mythology, and religious content, with further details in appendices on grammatical and prosodic features, episodic content and on the sacred sites.
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