MaNavALamAmun2i

[Lakshmi Srinivas]

--- "N. Ganesan" <naga_ganesan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Thiru. Raa. Ragahvaiyangar (Sethusamasthana vidhvan
> along with his maternal cousin, Mu. Raghavaiyangar;
> RR gave many mss./corrections to UVS edition of CT;
> Sethupatis established the first research jl.
> for Tamil studies in 1900 with RR as its editor),
> in his CEtunATum tamizum, 1924, Madurai writes
> on p. 7:
> "ivaruTaiya (ie., Sethupathi's)  puNNiyanATu tamiziR
> periya JAn2ikaTkum iTamAya ten2patu, caivattiR
> ciRanta
> JAn2ayokiyAkiya srI tAyumAn2avar neTunATTaTaGkic
> camAtiyaTaintaruLiya mukavaiyum,
> vicatavAkcikAmaNiyAkiya
> vaiShNavAcArriyarAyt  teyvamum azaittup pEcum
> tUya JAn2amum  uTaiya maNavALa mAmun2ivar vaLarntu
> ciRanta
> *cikkaR kaTAramum* tan2pAR kONTu viLagkuvatan2AR
> palarum
> aRiyattakkatu".
>

This is of course rather interesting. I guess further
investigation may be required.

As you might be aware, Sri MaNavALa mAmunikaL's
father's village is tirukkurukUr i.e., the modern
ALvAr tirunagari while Sikkil kiDAram is his mother's
village. Now I can not recall where I read that the
latter village is just a few miles away from the
former one. It might be a good idea to check YatIndira
pravaNar pirabAvam. Unfortunately I don't have access
to it now, none of the libraries hereabouts seem to
have it.

Thanks and Warm Regards,

LS
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