Psalms Of A Saiva Saint

The present work is an important step on the ethos and spirit of religious fervor. The total number of psalms translated is 366, out of the 1452 given in most editions of the Tamil. Various renderings of a few psalms are discussed. All translations in the introduction, and in the notes, of Tayumanavar’s psalms incidentally quoted and of passages from the writings of other Tamil author’s. The words non-dual, undifferent, non-different had to be utilized to make Sidhanta implications of the Tamil equivalents clear to the reader. It would be sheer nonsense to write for the above three ‘one’, ‘same’, ‘alike’. Concerning words suggestive of Christian thought – paradise, save, salvation, manna, grace, and the like – the readers is referred to the explanation. The context, setting and contents of each equivalent is the original are sufficient safeguards against a confusion of ideas. The book is the product of extensive study of Saiva Saints’ psalms. The subject of the book is religious and delicate.