Early Giithaa sculptures

[Mani Varadarajan]

>
> Can someone here in INDOLOGY check
> Aazhvaar paasurams on TiruvallikkENi PaarthasArathy temple
> please?
>
> Do the Alvars refer to Giithaa episodes? What are
> the lines referring to Giithaa or vaarthai?
> Does Arjuna's name come in TiruvallikkENi paacurams?
>
> Many thanks,
> N. Ganesan

Pardon me for the late response, but I only saw this now.
Yes, Arjuna's name occurs in each of the paasurams as
"Partha".  It is clear to me that the Alvars knew of the
Gita and revered it as Krishna's words.

Mani