Research Catalog

Title

The Tamil Veda : Piḷḷān's interpretation of the Tiruvāymol̲i / John Carman and Vasudha Narayanan.

Author

Carman, John Braisted.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

Narayanan, Vasudha.

Description

xviii, 323 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Tirukkurukaippirān̲ Piḷḷān̲
• Nammāl̲vār
• Nammāḻvār
• Nammalvar
• Nammālvār
• Ār̲āyirappaṭi (Tirukkurukaippirān̲ Piḷḷān̲)
• Tiruvāymol̲i (Nammāl̲vār)
• Hinduismus

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 301-310.

Contents

Pt. 1. The two streams -- 1. Ubhaya Vedanta : the confluence of Tamil and Sanskrit scriptures -- 2. The Alvars and their sweet Tamil songs -- 3. The Vedanta in Sanskrit according to Yamuna and Ramanuja -- 4. Reflections of the Alvar hymns in the Sanskrit Stotras -- pt. 2. The commentator's synthesis -- 5. The first commentary on Nammalvar's Tiruvaymoli : Tirukkurukai Piran Pillan's Six thousand -- 6. Tattva : the fundamental reality of God and God's world -- 7. God's manifestations in the universe -- 8. The devotee's relation to God : separation and union -- 9. The means to salvation : the question of Upaya -- 10. The devotee's final goal (Purusartha) -- pt. 3. Beyond the commentary -- 11. The commentator as disciple : Pillan's relation to Ramanuja -- 12. Looking behind Pillan's commentary : "swallowing" as a metaphor in the poem -- 13. Ubhaya Vedanta : two traditions or one? -- pt. 4. Translation of selected decads from the Tiruvaymoli.

ISBN

• 0226093050
• 9780226093055
• 0226093069
• 9780226093062

LCCN

88039888

OCLC

• ocm18624684
• 18624684
• SCSB-1725853

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library