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sri raamaanujaaya nama:
The accompanying files contain the paasurams (poems)
called naalaayira dhivyap prabhandam composed by twelve
great souls called aazhvaars. The paasurams were collected
and brought out by one of the much revered sri vaishnavaa
aachaaryaas called sriman naadhamuni. By the time of
sriman naadamuni (9th century A.D.) the aazhvaar
paasurams were not lost or unknown. It was by divine
fortune that sriman naadhamuni came to know of the
thamizh poems praising Lord Vishnu. It is believed that
sriman naadhamuni heard some devotees visiting his home
town of veeranaaraayaNapuram (present day kaattu
mannaarkudi near mayilaadurthurai) singing a few thamizh
songs starting with "aaraa amudhE adiyEn udalam" and
ending with
"... kurugoor sadagOpan
kuzhalil maliyach sonna Or
aayiratthuL ippatthum,
mazhalai theera vallaar kaamar
maanEy nOkkiyarkE." (Thiruvaay mozhi 5.8.1 - 5.8.11)
Sriman naadhamuni was enchanted with the exquisite
beauty of the poems. He approached the devotees and
enquired about its origin. The ending of the 11 poems,
"aayiratthuL ippatthu," suggested that there are many more
such poems. This possibility intrigued sriman nadhamuni.
Unfortunately, the devotees were unaware of any other
poems besides the eleven they had just finished reciting.
However, they suggested to sriman naadhamuni that he
may try enquiring in the town of thiruk kurugoor, present
day aazhvaar thiru nagari near thirunelvEli. So he set out
to travel from kaattumannarkudi to thiruk kurugoor, a long
journey indeed in his time. There he found one paraangusa
daasar. From him sriman naadhamuni learnt 11 more paasurams
called kaNNinuN sirutthaambu. These were composed by
madhurakavi aazhvaar and all 11 paasurams are in praise
of kurugoor sadagOpan (namaazhvaar). Sriman naadamuni was
excited to have doubled his collection. But this only
whetted his desire to seek out the more than 1,000, promised
in the first set of paasurams he fell in love with at
his home town.
paraangusa daasar suggested that he repeatedly recite
kaNNinuN sirutthaambu in the hope of pleasing the Lord.
Sriman naadhamuni took his advice and recited it 10,000 times.
It is said that Namaazhvaar was impressed with sriman
naadhamuni's persistence and appeared before him.
Namaazhvaar was so impressed that he revealed to
sriman naadhamuni not just the 1102 paasurams of his own
thiruvaay mozhi, but also all the rest of the paasurams
composed by the other eleven aazhvaars. From this we may
deduce that it is sriman naadhamuni who gathered the thamizh
verses praising Lord Vishnu composed by the twelve aazhvaars.
Sriman naadhamuni called this collection of paasurams or
prabhandams naalaayira dhivya prabhandam or draavida vEdham.
There is much debate about the exact historical dates for the
twelve aazhvaars. It is believed that most of the aazhvaars
lived prior to kali yuga, i.e. at least 3000 years ago. Others
place the aazhvaars in the range of 7th through the early
parts of 9th century. In any case, we can be sure that the
aazhvaars lived much before sriman naadhamuni (826 A.D.)
since during his time aazhvaar paasurms had become
virtually unknown. The following table gives the birth
star (thiru nakshathiram) for each aazhvaar.
Thamizh Thiru Approximate
aazhvaar month nakshathiram English month
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poigai aazhvaar aippasi thiruvONam November
boothatthaazvaar aippasi avittam November
pEyaazhvaar aippasi sadhayam November
thirumazhisai aazhvaar thai magam January
namaazhvaar vaigaasi visaagam May
madhurakavi aazhvaar sitthirai sitthirai April
kulasEkaraazhvaar maasi punarpoosam March
periaazhvaar aani svaathi June
sri aaNdaaL aadi pooram Agust
thoNdaradippodi aazhvaar maargazhi kEttai December
thiruppaaNaazhvaar kaartthigai rOhiNi November
thirumangai aazhvaar kaartthigai kritthigai November
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Besides the aazhvaar paasurams we have also included 3
more prabhandams. They are (1) iraamunasa
nooRRandhaathi by thiruvarangatthu amudhanaar, (2)
prabhanda saaram by Swami Sri dEsikan and (3) thiruvaay
mozhi nooRRaandhaathi by sri maNavaaLa maamunigaL.
iraamaanusa nooRRandhaathi is in praise of sri
raamaanujar. Prabhandassaaram gives an account of each
of the aazhvaars and the prabhandams credited to each of
them. Further, it gives a numerical accounting of all
the prabhandams. In this accounting, Swami Sri dEsikan
includes iraamunusa nooRRandhaathi as part of the
naalaayira dhivya prabhandam. Thiruvaay mozhi
nooRRandhaathi is exclusively in praise of
namaazhvaar's thiruvaay mozhi.
Another file included in this collection is aazvaar.txt. This
file contains some basic facts about each of the twelve
aazhvaars.
The following two tables give details about how the
pasurams are organized into computer files. Table I lists the
start and finish pasuram numbers for each of the 26
prabhandhams. These numbers are based on the accounting
given by Swami Sri dEsikan in his prabhandha saaram.
Table II lists the names of the computer files and the names
of the volunteers who entered the pasurams.
The pasurams were entered into computer format by
volunteers working in their free time using their computers
and software. Each volunteer followed one of the three
popular thamizh transliteration formats they were familiar
with. These are Adami, Madurai, and ITRANS. To avoid
format discrepancy problems, Sri K.Srinivasan, the author
of Adami software, developed a software for viewing text
entered in a variety of formats. This software is called
TAMILVU and it is bundled with this collection. To avoid
errors due to format differences please use only TAMILVU
to review, select, save, and print pasurams. For use with
TAMILVU a file containing all the file names of this
collection is also included. This file is FLIST.TXT.
In as much as this was a volunteer effort errors in typing is
bound to occur. All the volunteers were diligent in
correcting these mistakes as much as possible. However,
if the users of this collection find any lingering
typographical errors kindly inform Sri. P. Dileepan at the
e-mail address MFPD@UTCVM.UTC.EDU or by regular
mail at 1908 Preswood drive, Hixson, TN 37343, U.S.A.
Thank you for using our collection.
emperumaanaar thiruvadigaLE saraNam!
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Table I
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List of prabhandam, number of pasurams, beginning and
ending serial number.
# of
Prabhandam pasurams Start Finish
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1. Periyaazvaar thirumozhi 473 1 473
2. thiruppaavai 30 474 503
3. naacchiyaar thirumozhi 143 504 646
4. perumaaL thirumozhi 105 647 751
5. thirucchanda viruttham 120 752 871
6. thirumaalai 45 872 916
7. thiruppaLLiyezucchi 10 917 926
8. amalanaathipiraan 10 927 936
9. kaNNi nuNsirutthaambu 11 937 947
10. periya thirumozhi 1,084 948 2,031
11. thirukkurnthaaNdagam 20 2,032 2,051
12. thirunNedunthaaNdagam 30 2,052 2,081
13. muthaRRiruvanthaathi 100 2,082 2,181
14. iraNdaanthiruvanthaathi 100 2,182 2,281
15. moonRaanthiruvanthaathi 100 2,282 2,381
16. naanmugan thiruvanthaathi 96 2,382 2,477
17. thiruviruttham 100 2,478 2,577
18. thiruvaasiriyam 7 2,578 2,584
19. periyathiruvanthaathi 87 2,585 2,671
20. thiruvezukooRRirukkai 1 2,672 2,672
21. siRiya thirumadal 40 2,673 2,712
22. periya thirumadal 78 2,713 2,790
23. thiruvaay mozhi 1,102 2,791 3,892
24. iraamanusa nURRanthaathi 108 3,893 4,000
25. prabhanda saaram 18
26. thiruvaaymozi nURRanthaathi 100
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Table II
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List of filenames and individual entering the pasurams:
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1. Periyaazvaar thirumozhi 473 1 473
PERIAZH1.TXT Badri
PERIAZH2.TXT Badri
PERIAZH3.TXT Badri
PERIAZH4.TXT Badri
PERIAZH5.TXT Badri
2. thiruppaavai
TPAVAI.TXT 30 474 503 Srinivasan
3. naacchiyaar thirumozhi 143 504 646 Vaidehi
NACCHI.TXT
4. perumaaL thirumozhi
PTMOZHI.TXT 105 647 751 Gopu
5. thirucchanda viruttham 120 752 871 Varadhan
TCVIRUTH.TXT
6. thirumaalai
TMALAI.TXT 45 872 916 Varadhan
7. thiruppaLLiyezucchi
TPALLI.TXT 10 917 926 Varadhan
8. amalanaathipiraan
APIRAN.TXT 10 927 936 Varadhan
9. kaNNi nuNsirutthaambu
KANNINUN.TXT 11 937 947 Varadhan
10. periya thirumozhi
PERITM1.TXT 100 948 1,047 Anonymous
PERITM2.TXT 100 1,048 1,147 Anonymous
PERITM3.TXT 100 1,148 1,247 Anonymous
PERITM4.TXT 100 1,248 1,347 Rengi
PERITM5.TXT 100 1,348 1,447 Rengi
PERITM6.TXT 100 1,448 1,547 Rengi
PERITM7.TXT 100 1,548 1,647 Viji
PERITM8.TXT 100 1,648 1,747 Viji
PERITM9.TXT 100 1,748 1,847 Viji
PERITM10.TXT 103 1,848 1,951 Ramprasad
PERITM11.TXT 81 1,951 2,031 Ramprasad
11. thirukkurnthaaNdagam 20 2,032 2,051 Ramprasad
THANDAG.TXT
12. thirunNedunthaaNdagam 30 2,052 2,081 Dileepan
NEDUNTHA.TXT
13. muthaRRiruvanthaathi
MUTHAL.TXT 100 2,082 2,181 Dileepan
14. iraNdaanthiruvanthaathi
IRANDAAM.TXT 100 2,182 2,281 Dileepan
15. moonRaanthiruvanthaathi
MOONRAM.TXT 100 2,282 2,381 Dileepan
16. naanmugan thiruvanthaathi 96 2,382 2,477 C.R. and Kumari
NAANMUG.TXT Selvakumar
17. thiruviruttham 100 2,478 2,577 C.R. and Kumari
TVIRUTH.TXT Selvakumar
18. thiruvaasiriyam 7 2,578 2,584 C.R. and Kumari
TASIRIAM.TXT Selvakumar
19. periyathiruvanthaathi
PERIANDA.TXT 87 2,585 2,671 Kathiravan
20. thiruvezukooRRirukkai
VEZHUKOO.TXT 1 2,672 2,672 Dileepan
21. siRiya thirumadal 40 2,673 2,712 Satish
SMADAL.TXT
22. periya thirumadal 78 2,713 2,790 Dileepan
PMADAL.TXT
23. thiruvaay mozhi
TVMOZI1.TXT 110 2,791 2,900 Sankaran & Ganesh
TVMOZI2.TXT 112 2,901 3,012 Ganesh
TVMOZI3.TXT 110 3,013 3,122 Dileepan
TVMOZI4.TXT 110 3,123 3,232 Uday & Jayaraman
TVMOZI5.TXT 110 3,233 3,342 Uday & Jayaraman
TVMOZI6.TXT 110 3,343 3,452 Uday & Jayaraman
TVMOZI7.TXT 110 3,453 3,562 Geetha
TVMOZI8.TXT 110 3,563 3,672 Geetha
TVMOZI9.TXT 110 3,673 3,782 Geetha
TVMOZI10.TXT 110 3,783 3,892 Mani
24. iraamanusa nooRRanthaathi 108 3,893 4,000 Mani
IRAAMANU.TXT
25. prabhanda saaram 18 Dileepan
PSARAM.TXT
26. Thiruvaaymozhi nURRanthaathi 100 Uday, Jayaram,
TVM100AN.TXT Dileepan, Mani
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OTHER FILES:
README.TXT This file
FLIST.TXT List of prabhandam file names for use with TAMILVU.
TAMIVU.EXE Viewing software
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Participant E-mail address
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Badri Seshadri badri@sofia.mae.cornell.edu
P. Dileepan mfpd@utcvm.utc.edu
Ganesh Rajagopal rajagopa@iastate.edu
Geetha Ramaswami G.P.Ramaswami@damtp.cambridge.ac.uk
R. Gopu rgopu@cs.tamu.edu
Jayaraman jayarama@phakt.usc.edu
Kathiravan kat@doe.carleton.ca
Mani Varadarajan mani@sgi.com
S. Ramprasad rsanthan@top.cis.syr.edu
S. Renganathan Rengi@vax2.concordia.ca
S. Sankaran Sankaran@meena.cc.uregina.ca
Satish Satish@sally.psu.edu
C.R.Selvakumar Selvakum@sun14.vlsi.uwaterloo.ca
K. Srinivasan Srini@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
Rajendran Udayakumar rajendra@scf.usc.edu
Vaidehi Venkatakrishnan vv@elm.circa.ufl.edu
Thirumalai Anandanpillai (Varadan) Chari@iastate.edu
T. Vijayaraghavan (Viji) viji@coe.wvu.edu
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