Hymns for the Drowning

Name: Hymns for the Drowning
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Author: "NAMMALVAR"
ISBN: 9780144000104

NAMMALVAR

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The poems in this book are some of the earliest about Visnu one of the Hindu Trinity also known as Tirumal the Dark One. Tradition recognizes twelve alvars saint-poets devoted to Visnu who lived between the sixth and ninth century in the Tamil-speaking region of south India. These devotees of Visnu and their counterparts the devotees of Siva (nayanmar) changed and revitalized Hinduism and their devotional hymns addressed to Visnu are among the earliest bhakti (devotional) texts in any Indian lan