The Naalayira Divyap Prabhandham is one of the most sacred texts in Hinduism, especially in South India. It is a collection of 4000 verses (Naalayira in Tamil means 'four thousand') composed sometime around the 8th and 12th century AD, by the 12 Alwars (also aazhvaars), the Tamil mystic poets. It is also known as the Divya Prabhandham Hinduism (सनातन धरà¥à¤®; also known as SanÄtana Dharma, and Vaidika-Dharma ) is a worldwide tradition that encompasses several religions and ideologies. ... Tamil may refer to: The Tamil language, which is one of the Dravidian languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ... The Alvars are Hindu saints, followers of Lord Vishnu. ...
The works were lost in the flood of time before they were collected and organized in the form of an anthology by Nathamunigal.
The Prabhandham sings the praise of Sriman Narayana (or Vishnu) and his many forms. The Alwars sung these songs at various sacred shrines, which are known as Divya Desams. There are 108 Divya Desams, 2 of which are not in this world, and the rest mostly in South India.
In South India, especially in Tamil Nadu, the Divya Prabhandham is considered as equal to the Vedas. Hence the epithet Dravida Veda. In many temples, Srirangam for example, the chanting of the Divya Prabhandham forms a major part of the daily service. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The Vedas (also referred to as Vedam) are part of the Hindu Shruti; these religious scriptures form part of the core of the Brahminical and Vedic traditions within Hinduism and are the inspirational, metaphysical and mythological foundation for later Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra and even Bhakti forms of Hinduism. ... Srirangam (also Thiruvarangam) is a small town in south India adjoining Tiruchirapalli. ...
Prominent among the 4000 verses are the 1100+ verses, known as the Thiru Vaaymozhi composed by Nammaazhvaar (Kaaril Maaran Sadagopan) of Thiruk Kurugoor.
The Divya Prabandham is the collective corpus of the passionate hymns of the Alvar mystics (5th-8th centuries A.D.).
It was the scholar-saint Nathamuni who, in the 10th century, retrieved and compiled this bhakti treasure which is the pride of Tamil classical literature.
The Divya Prabandham is in the form of adoration of the deities of 108 temples (divya desams) situated in different parts of the country, and employs every form of poetics (aNi) and prosody (chandam) available in Tamil.
In this sixth chapter of RTS, Swami Sri Desikan establishes unequivocally that Sriman Naaraayanan is the true Supreme Being with the help of Pramaanams from Sruthi, Smruthi, Ithihaasams, DivyaPrabhandhams and the Poorvaachaarya's Sri Sookthis.
H.H The Jeeyar pointed out that the true comprehension of Para Tattvam is very difficult, even more difficult is the comprehension of the divya dampathis as the manifestors of the doctrine of Ekaseshithvam (mithunam's anyOnya lakshyam).
H.H. the Jeeyar profusely quoted from Sruthis and DivyaPrabhandhams to support this view of Sriman Naaraayanan as PARA DEVATHAI and His Supremacy over all the other subservient Devathaas.
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