POIGAI AZHWAR
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Place |
Other Names |
Month | Star | Sign |
| Kanchipuram | Saro-yogi, Kaasara-yogi, Poigai-piraan, Padma-muni, Kavinyarporeyeru | Aiypasee | Thiruvonam (Sravana) |
Panchajanya (Conch) |
PoigaiAr, an incarnation of MahAvishNu's paanchjanyam (Divine conch, sanghu in Tamil) is also called Adhi kavi. poigaiAr appeared on the ThAmarai mottu (lotus bud) in a pond in tiruve:ka near kancheepuram.
poigaiAzhwAr composed the first 100 pAsurams
"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi" (andhAdhi means the first word of one verse will be last word of the previous verse)
starting with the first one:
vaiyam thagaliyA, vArkadlE neyyAga
veyyakkadirOn viLakkAga
sudarAzhiyAn adikkE soottinEn son mAlai
Idar neenghugavE enRu/
Meaning: Lord nArAyaNa, who holds the Divine chakrAyudha, is the cause of this wonderful universe and the seas. I am singing these mAlai(Garland) of verses (pAsurams) and dedicating to Him, whose vision I had is the light of the lamp of the earth, and oil being the seas, the sun being the source of the light.
|Poigai-Azhwar||Bhoodath-Azhwar||Pey
Azhwar||Thirumahishai-Azhwar| |NammAzhwar||Madhurakavi-Azhwar||Kulasekhara-Azhwar||Periya-Azhwar|
|Andal||Thondaradippodi-Azhwar||Thiruppan
Azhwar||Thirumangai Azhwar|