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Periyalvar Tirumoli
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Painting of Krishna lifting the Govardhana hill.
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Religion	Hinduism
Author	Periyalvar
Language	Tamil
Period	9th–10th century CE
Verses	473

The Periyalvar Tirumoli (Tamil: பெரியாழ்வார் திருமொழி, romanized: Periyāḻvār Tirumoḻi, lit. 'Sacred verses of Periyalvar') is a Tamil Hindu work of literature written by Periyalvar, one of the twelve Alvars, the poet-saints of Sri Vaishnavism. Comprising 473 verses, it is part of the compendium of hymns called the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, dating back to the 9th century CE.

Hymns

A hymn of the Periyalvar Tirumoli describes the temple of Srirangam as the home of the Dashavatara, as translated by Vasudha Narayanan:

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This is the temple of him who became
the divine fish, tortoise, boar, lion, and dwarf.
He became Rama in three forms, he became Kanna,
and as Kalki, he will end .

— Periyalvar Tirumoli, Hymn 4.9.9

Periyalvar also extols Krishna's act of lifting the mountain, Govardhana:

Like the king of the serpents opening his many hoods
and supporting the vast worlds on it,
The five fingers of Damodara's hand opened
like the petals of a flower
and held aloft Govardhana.

— Periyalvar Tirumoli, Hymn 3.5.7

See also

• Kanninun Cirutampu
• Periya Tiruvantati
• Perumal Tirumoli

References

1. Rosen, Steven (1996). Vaiṣṇavī: Women and the Worship of Krishna. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 219. ISBN 978-81-208-1437-0.
2. Raghavan, V. K. S. N. (1983). A Brief Study on the Tiruppallandu of Sri Periyalvar, the Tiruppalliyeluchi of Sri Tondaradippodiyalvar, and the Kanninunsiruttambu of Sri Madhurakaviyalvar. Sri Visishtadvaita Pracharini Sabha. p. 62.
3. Venkatesan, Archana (2016-01-10). The Secret Garland: Andal's Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli. Harper Perennial India. ISBN 978-93-5177-577-5.
4. Narayanan, Vasudha (2009-08-15). Hinduism. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-61531-194-1.
5. Bryant, Edwin F. (2007-06-18). Krishna: A Sourcebook. Oxford University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-19-028756-6.

• Tamil-language literature
• Naalayira Divya Prabandham
• Tamil Hindu literature
• Vaishnava texts