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{{Italic title}}{{Infobox religious text|religion=[[Hinduism]]|author=[[Thirumalisai Alvar|Tirumalisai Alvar]]|language=[[Tamil language|Tamil]]|caption=Painting of Narasimha. Sri Appan Venkatachalapati Temple, Cheranmahadevi.|image=File:Painting of Narasimha - Sri Appan Venkatachalapati Temple, Cheranmahadevi.jpg|verses=100|period=9th–10th century CE|name=''Nanmukan Tiruvantati''|previous=Munram Tiruvantati|next=Tiruviruttam}}<br />
The '''''Nanmukan Tiruvantati''''' ({{Langx|ta|நான்முகன் திருவந்தாதி|lit=The sacred hymn of the four-faced one|translit=Nāṇmukan Tiruvanṭāṭī}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=P. Pratap |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejpCrALI_hsC&dq=nanmugan+face&pg=PA123 |title=The Goddess Lakṣmī: The Divine Consort in South Indian Vaiṣṇava Tradition |date=1997 |publisher=Scholars Press |isbn=978-0-7885-0199-9 |page=123 |language=en}}</ref> is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[Hinduism|Hindu]] work of literature composed by [[Thirumalisai Alvar|Tirumalisai Alvar]], one of the twelve [[Alvars]] of [[Sri Vaishnavism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Biernacki |first1=Loriliai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=evIVDAAAQBAJ&dq=nanmuhan+tiruvantati&pg=PA134 |title=Panentheism Across the World's Traditions |last2=Clayton |first2=Philip |date=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-998990-4 |page=134 |language=en}}</ref> Comprising 100 verses<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramanujan |first=S. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sptcEAAAQBAJ&dq=nanmugan+hundred&pg=PT105 |title=Venkatachala Nilayam |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-68538-347-3 |page=105 |language=en}}</ref> in the form of a poetic device known as the ''[[antati]]'', it is part of the compendium of hymns called the ''[[Naalayira Divya Prabandham|Nalayira Divya Prabandham]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Division |first=Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhspDwAAQBAJ&dq=nanmukan+vishnu&pg=PT33 |title=Cultural Leaders of India - Devotional Poets and Mystics: Part - 1 |date=2017-06-21 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2482-0 |page=33 |language=en}}</ref> It is dedicated to the preserver deity, [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Padmaja |first=T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzgaS1wRnl8C&dq=nanmukan+tirumalisai&pg=PA48 |title=Temples of Kr̥ṣṇa in South India: History, Art, and Traditions in Tamilnāḍu |date=2002 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-398-4 |page=48 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Scholars have posited that the primary purpose of the ''Nanmukan Tiruvantati'' was to establish the supremacy of [[Narayana]] ([[Vishnu]]) over Nanmukan ([[Brahma]]) and Shankaran ([[Shiva]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Pope |first1=Stephen J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0gRAQAAIAAJ&q=nanmukan+tiruvantati |title=Sic Et Non: Encountering Dominus Iesus |last2=Hefling |first2=Charles |date=2002 |publisher=Orbis Books |isbn=978-1-57075-424-1 |page=194 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Hymns ==<br />
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The first hymn of the ''Nanmukan Tiruvantati'' describes the poet-saint's assertion of Vishnu's supremacy:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crxUQR_qBXYC&dq=nanmukan+tiruvantati&pg=PA182 |title=History of People and Their Environs: Essays in Honour of Prof. B.S. Chandrababu |date=2011 |publisher=Bharathi Puthakalayam |isbn=978-93-80325-91-0 |page=182 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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{{Blockquote|text=Narayana created the four-faced one (Brahma), and the four-faced one created Shankaran (Shiva) in his own image.<br /><br />They say the Ultimate Reality is one. He is Vishnu. Nobody knows the glories of the Lord.|title=''Nanmukan Tiruvantati''|source=Hymn 1}}<br />
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The author also references Vishnu's incarnation of [[Narasimha]] and his slaying of [[Hiranyakashipu]] in this work:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Makarand Joshi |url=http://archive.org/details/thesacredbookoffourthousand01nalayiradivyaprabandhamsriramabharati2000 |title=The Sacred Book Of Four Thousand 01 Nalayira Divya Prabandham Sri Rama Bharati 2000 |page=668}}</ref><br />
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{{Blockquote|text=O Lord who destroyed the boon-intoxicated Hiranya's mighty chest with curved nails and strong arms! You destroy everything, then you create everything, and become the four Yugas as well, I know it!|title=''Nanmukan Tiruvantati''|source=Hymn 5}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* ''[[Mutal Tiruvantati]]''<br />
* ''[[Irantam Tiruvantati]]''<br />
* ''[[Munram Tiruvantati]]''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/tirumazishaiyaazvaar/naanmugantiruvandaadi.pdf Nanmukan Tiruvantati text (Tamil)]<br />
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