Andal: The lotus is greeting the rising sun and the lily has closed its petals; (from Tiruppavai)

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The lotus is greeting the rising sun and the lily has closed its petals; (from Tiruppavai)

Andal, Andal poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Andal
(9th Century) Timeline

English version by
J. K. Mohana Rao

Original Language
Tamil

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

9th Century

The lotus is greeting the rising sun and the lily has closed its petals;
Wearing their saffron robes and ashes, the ascetics are on their way to
the holy temple to sound the auspicious conch;
O talkative girl, you, who boasted that you would be the first
to wake us up, why don't you get up!
We will sing the praises of the brave and the beautiful Lord bearing
the conch and the wheel.

Themes

Awakening

Lotus

Rose

Sleep

Sound

Recommended Books

	Antal and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India, Translated by Vidya Dehejia
	Concept of Sri Andal's Tiruppavai, by Chenni Padmanabhan
	Women of Wisdom: A Journey of Enlightenment by Women of Vision Through the Ages, by Paula Marvelly

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