A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Tiruvalluvar
This page describes Tiruvalluvar which is located on page 408 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Tiruvalluvar” according to 3 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation [by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar]
To this, Bhattar replied: “Don t you know what the Tamil Savant Tiruvaliliuvar has said? The lady-love lay in tight embrace with her lover but, now and then, they got a little unlocked while turning on their sides; this slight distance between them was enough to make her lose the colour on her skin, a decolouration resulting from the gloom of separation!...
Read full contents: Pasuram 1.4.4
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) [by N. Veerappan]
Thiruvalluvar also says that a wise man shall always endeavor and adapt the ideas after analyzing the merits and demerits of the systems or a person....
Read full contents: Author (Umapati Shivam) and his Works
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Tiruvalluvar speaks of “Irul cer iruvinai” and “Irul ninki inpam payakkum”. That cause or the seed of all the miseries is described as “Katu irul” —‘the terrific darkness and the Lord Himself as the “Katu irutcutar” —“the light within this darkness or the light which dispels this darkness”—a phrase which by the way will appeal to the psychologists like Jung....
Read full contents: Chapter 1 - The Light of Light
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