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{{Short description|18th-century Tamil composer and saint}} | |||
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'''Avudai Akkal''', also known as ''' | '''Avudai Akkal''', also known as '''Senkottai Sri Avudai Akkal''', was an 18th-century [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[composer]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pattabhi Raman|first1=Sulochana|title=Compositions of Avudai Akkal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/br/2003/12/30/stories/2003123000121600.htm|accessdate=12 May 2017|work=www.thehindu.com|date=30 December 2003}}</ref> and [[saint]]. As was the custom those days, she was married at a very young age but her husband died too soon. At that time, the great saint [[Thirivisanallur Sri Sridhara Ayyaval]] visited their village. She approached him for guidance. He initiated her into the mystic aspects of [[Advaita]]. She mentions his name in almost every songs. She has written several plays, songs, poems full of spirituality. She is said to have mysteriously disappeared in the hills of [[Courtallam]] on an aadi amavasya day.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pisharoty|first1=Sangeeta Barooah|title=Reclaiming Akkal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/reclaiming-akkal/article5335348.ece|accessdate=12 May 2017|work=The Hindu|date=10 November 2013|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solvanam.com/2010/08/23/%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%86%e0%ae%99%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%af%8b%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%b8%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%80-%e0%ae%86%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%81%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%95/|title=செங்கோட்டை ஸ்ரீ ஆவுடை அக்காள் பாடல் திரட்டு|first=நாஞ்சில்|last=நாடன்|date=23 August 2010|website=சொல்வனம் | இதழ் 310|14 ஜன 2023}}</ref> | ||
==Works Published as== | ==Works Published as== | ||
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3. Translation of these Tamil Verses is published as “Transgressing Boundaries – The songs of shenkottai Avudai Akkal” by Zubaan books | 3. Translation of these Tamil Verses is published as “Transgressing Boundaries – The songs of shenkottai Avudai Akkal” by Zubaan books | ||
4. Swami Ramanacharanatirtha's talk on Devi Avudai Akkal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9FRIJp1Ncw The Great Jñāni - Avudai Akkal ] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:39, 12 August 2025
Avudai Akkal, also known as Senkottai Sri Avudai Akkal, was an 18th-century Tamil composer[1] and saint. As was the custom those days, she was married at a very young age but her husband died too soon. At that time, the great saint Thirivisanallur Sri Sridhara Ayyaval visited their village. She approached him for guidance. He initiated her into the mystic aspects of Advaita. She mentions his name in almost every songs. She has written several plays, songs, poems full of spirituality. She is said to have mysteriously disappeared in the hills of Courtallam on an aadi amavasya day.[2][3]
Works Published as[edit | edit source]
About 100+ of Avudai Akkal's songs have been collected and published as
1. A book ″Shenkottai Sri Avudai Akkal Padal Thirattu (A collection of Vedantic songs of Avudai Akkal of Shenkottai)”
2. CD of Avudai Akkal songs sung by Bombay Sisters
3. Translation of these Tamil Verses is published as “Transgressing Boundaries – The songs of shenkottai Avudai Akkal” by Zubaan books
4. Swami Ramanacharanatirtha's talk on Devi Avudai Akkal The Great Jñāni - Avudai Akkal
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Pattabhi Raman, Sulochana (30 December 2003). "Compositions of Avudai Akkal". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ↑ Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah (10 November 2013). "Reclaiming Akkal". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ↑ நாடன், நாஞ்சில் (23 August 2010). "செங்கோட்டை ஸ்ரீ ஆவுடை அக்காள் பாடல் திரட்டு". சொல்வனம் | இதழ் 310|14 ஜன 2023.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Natarajan, Kanchana (2012). Transgressing boundaries: the advaitic songs of Shenkottai Avudai Akkal. New Delhi: Zubaan. ISBN 978-9381017-16-6.
- செங்கோட்டை ஸ்ரீ ஆவுடை அக்காள், Tamil, 2012, Sri Gyanananda Niketanam
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