Porundave vanthu yen ullam thannil pugundhu, Thirundhiya mudal aindu ezhthum thelivaay, Stood in awe at the wish giving elephant. His divine knowledge of Thuriya, his mastery over words,
His glowing broad chest wearing the holy thread, His three eyes, three trails of his feet’s, Hanging mouth, his four sets of shoulders, Shine in pretty and beautiful colors of the rainbow,Įlephant like face, the saffron dot applied on it,įive hands and the goad and rope that he has, Sings various songs, while the golden waist belt, Which has the color of the red hibiscus flower, While the anklets on the cool sandal anointed feet Thiranda muppiri nool thigazh Oli maarbum, It clearly brings out the mastery of Avaiyar in the Yoga, thathric practices and Saivism, possibly derived from the contribution of Sidhas in Tamil Nadu and the Tamil Nadu Saivism.I have taken the liberty of understanding this great work based on the English translation of Mr.Layne little This prayer is an extremely popular one in Tamil Nadu. He is addressed as Vinayagar (he who removes obstacles) or Pillayar in Tamil.
Vinayagar Agaval is another one of her great works.Īgaval means blank poetry and it is a song addressed to Lord Ganapathy. It is interesting to note that even today AthiChoodi shows the simple path to live well, for all children. Her well known work is AthiChoodi, which was written foer easy learning by Tamil Children. The next Avaiyar lived in the fourteenth centaury.
This poet was a great story teller and social reformer. One such poet existed before the birth of Christ. Historians are of the opinion that there were, more than one lady poet who called herself as Avaiyar. There are many references to her being a great Devotee of Lord Subrahmanya.
(In Telugu even today mother is called Avva) Apart from being a great poet, she played a very great role in the politics of those days by making the great kings obey her. (Avaiyar (meaning a very Old mother) was one of the very great women poets of ancient Tamil Nadu.
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