Periya-tiruvantati, Periya-tiruvantāti, Periyatiruvantati, Periyatiruvantāti: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: academia.edu: Dvādaśa-mūrti in Tamil TraditionPeriya-tiruvantāti (பெரிய-திருவந்தாதி) (87 hymns) refers to one of the works of Nammāḻvār: one of the twelve Āḻvār saints of Tamil Nadu, India.—Nammāḻvār, in Tamil Vaiṣṇava tradition, comes next to Tirumaṅkkai in as far as the contribution to Indian sacred literature is concerned. [...] Zvelebil (1974: 107) assigns Nammāḻvār to the later half of the ninth and early tenth century, exactly 880-930 CE. [...]
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPeriyatiruvantāti (பெரியதிருவந்தாதி) [periya-tiru-antāti] noun < idem. +. A poem in veṇpā verse in Tivya-p-pirapantam by Nammāḻvār; திவ்யப்பிரபந்தத்தில் வெண்பாக்களால் அந்தாதியாக நம்மாழ்வார் இயற் றிய பிரபந்தவகை. [thivyappirapanthathil venpakkalal anthathiyaga nammazhvar iyar riya pirapanthavagai.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Partial matches: Tiru, Antati.
Full-text: Nammalvar.
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