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Tirumalai () is a work of
Tirumalai () is a work of Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
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Vaishnava
Vaishnavism ( sa, वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism since it considers Vishnu as the ...
literature written by Thondaradippodi Alvar
Thondaradippodi Alvar or Vipra Narayana was one of the twelve ''Alvar'' saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. The verses of ''Alvars'' are compiled as ''Naalayira Divya Prabandham'' an ...
, comprising 45 verses. Each of these verses is regarded in popular tradition to be a flower, woven together to produce a garland for Ranganatha
Ranganatha, also known as Ranganathar, Rangan, Aranganathar, Sri Ranga, and Thenarangathan, is a Hindu deity with his origin in South India, serving as the chief deity of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam. The deity is a resting form of ...
, a form of the deity Narayana
Narayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: ''Nārāyaṇa'') is one of the forms and names of Vishnu, who is in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, referring to the masculine principle. He is also known as Purushottama, and is co ...
. It is part of the compendium of the hymns of the Alvars, the Naalayira Divya Prabandham
The Naalayira Divya Prabandham ( ta, நாலாயிரத் திவ்வியப் பிரபந்தம், lit=Four Thousand Divine Hymns, translit=Nālāyira Divya Prabandham) is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by ...
. The verses of this work are often existential and indicative of regret, reflecting the sorrow of the author for not having spent more of time in the veneration of his deity, wondering if salvation lies ahead of him.
Hymns
The first two hymns of this work are as follows:See also
*Tiruvasiriyam
Tiruvasiriyam () is a compilation of hymns written by Nammalvar, one of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Tamil Vaishnava tradition. This work, which is a part of the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, consists of seven hymns referred to as ''pasurams ...
* Thiruppavai
The Thiruppavai ( Tamil: திருப்பாவை) is a set of Tamil devotional religious hymns attributed to the female poet-saint Andal (also known as Nachiyar, Kodhai or Goda Devi). She is considered the manifestation of Bhudevi, who h ...
* Ramanuja Noorantati
References
{{Reflist Naalayira Divya Prabandham Tamil Hindu literature Vaishnava texts