Re Potala(ka), etc
Lakshmi Srinivas
lsrinivas at YAHOO.COM
Sat Feb 27 19:32:37 UTC 1999
---Lakshmi Srinivas <lsrinivas at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> tAzcaDaiyum nILmuDiyum oNmazuvum cakkaramum
> cUzaravum ponnANum tOnRumAl -
> cUzumtiranDaruvi pAyum tirumalaimEl entaikku
> iranDuruvum onRAy icaintu.
>
> (Divyaprabandham 2344)
>
> It talks of the image (adorned/unadorned? ... perhaps the former) in
> terms of pairs of attributes (low hanging jaTA & long hair), (mace
> &discus), ( snake around him & golden thread). It concludes by
> saying that "both forms become one in fitting our Lord".
In my earlier post, I had erroneously translated mazu as mace. It is
actually axe.
Thanks and Warm Regards.
==
Lakshmi Srinivas
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