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Loading... The Secret Garland: Antal's Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoliby Archana Venkatesan
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This book offers new translations of the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli, composed by the ninth-century Tamil mystic and poetess Kotai. Two of the most significant compositions by a female mystic, the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli give expression to her powerful experiences through the use of a vibrant and bold sensuality, in which Visnu is her awesome, mesmerizing, and sometimes cruel lover. Kotai's poetry is characterized by a richness of language in which words are imbued with polyvalence and even the most mundane experiences are infused with the spirit of the divine. Her Tiruppavai and No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)894.8Literature Literature of other languages Altaic, Finno-Ugric, Uralic and Dravidian languages Dravidian literaturesLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |