Tiruvāymoli
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Tiruvāymoli literally means ‘divine words of a holy sage’.
Significance of Tiruvāymoli[edit]
Tiruvāymoli is the famous work in chaste classical Tamil language of Nammālvār. It is the best and the longest among the Divyaprabandhams. It has 1102 pāśuras,[1] divided into ten sections.[2] Each of these has ten daśakas[3] plus an additional concluding verse.
Style of Tiruvāymoli[edit]
It is interesting to note that the pāśuras are in the ‘anta-ādi’ style. In this style the last word[4] of one verse becomes the first[5] of the next.
Content of Tiruvāymoli[edit]
The subject matter may briefly be summarized as follows:
- Greatness of God
- Several blessed qualities like compassion and protecting his devotees
- Relationship between the jivātman (individual soul) and Paramātman[6]
- Bhakti[7] and prapatti[8] as the primary means of attaining mokṣa[9]
References[edit]
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore