ALWARS
INDTRODUCTION
ALWARS (in Tamil "AzhwAr") means "A soul immersed in divine love". They really, deeply immesrsed themselves in their devotion and bhakti towards the Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. The AzhwArs are reported to be incarnations of NithasUris of Sri Vaikuntam, namely, the weapons, the Vanamaali, the GarudA, et al. They lived like human beings and burst our bhakti laden great works for the sake of humanity. The works of Alwars stood mysteriously a replica of the Vedas themselves and therefore came to be known as Dravida Veda. In fact, there is a view that even the great Rishis are no match to the greatness of the Alwars because these Rishis got their 'jnAnam' (wisdom) as a result of their own actions of 'spiritual merit' (Punyam) whereas the wisdom of the Alwars was the direct result of the Lord's divine grace and therefore called 'Divyam'. It is becuase of this that the works of Alwars is called ' Divya Prabandham' are 4000 poems(pAsurams).
These works of AzhwArs are non-paralled in every sense- be it in sentiment, style or syntax. They take even a casual reader on a guided tour into the esoteric exegesis of the Vedas without offending the provisions of exclusions and prohibitions enjoned in the study of the Vedas in original.
THE TWELVE GREAT AZHWARS
(DIVYA SURIES)POIGAI-AZHWAR
BHOODAT-AZHWAR
PEYAZHWAR
THIRUMAHISHAI-AZHWAR
NAMMAZHWAR
MADHURAKAVI-AZHWAR
KULASEKHARA-AZHWAR
PERIA-AZHWAR
ANDAL
THONDAR-ADIPPODI-AZHWAR
THIRUP-PANAZHWAR
THIRU-MANGAI AZHWAR
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