Nammalvar's Works
• October 1, 1974
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Nammalvar's works are four in number:
- Tiruviruttam (Tiru Viruttam)
- Tiruvasiriyam (Tiru Asiriyam)
- Periya Tiruvantati (Periya Tiru Antati)
- Tiruvaymoli (Tiru Vaymoli)
The Tiru that serves as prefix in the names of the four works means 'good', 'auspicious', 'divine'. Viruttam and Asiriyam are two kinds of verse; the first two works, therefore, are named after the verses in which they are written. Periya in 'Periya Tiru Antati' means 'great' and antati is a characteristic of a certain kind of Tamil verse in which the last word or syllable of a stanza is taken up as the opening word or syllable of the next stanza. Vaymoli in 'Tiru Vaymoli' means that which is uttered. Tiru Vaymoli means therefore 'the Divine Word'.
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