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Re: Books on 4000 Divya prapandam & Alwars

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Mani Varadarajan • Tue Sep 17 2002 - 12:06:31 PDT 


I had written:
>   To really see how far the translation departs from the
>   conventional understanding, please see Srirama Bharati's
>   English versions of tiruppAvai 'nAyakanAy ninRa' and mudal
>   tiruvandAdi 5 'aran nAraNan nAmam'.

Sorry, the tiruppAvai verse in question is 'ellE iLangiLiyE'.
Please also see tiruvAymozhi 1.1.9 for another interesting
translation.

>   Yet, I still highly recommend
>   the book highly for people who want an easy-to-read English
>   version of Divya Prabandham. One should always keep in mind 
>   that the translations are often quite far from the original
>   and traditionally understood meanings. -- Mani ]


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