navagraha worshipped as planetary deities

N. Ganesan GANESANS at CL.UH.EDU
Mon Apr 6 23:49:32 UTC 1998


Tiru Gnana Sambandhar's Tevaram hymn at TirunaLLaaRu temple.
Sambandhar lived in early Seventh century CE.
This pleads for Siva's  protection from planetary wrath.
I don't think these are translated yet.
Got these songs from Univ. of Koeln web.
Watch the importance of etukai/prAsam in tamil meter.
(even if sanskrit only is known.)

Sanskrit nAmAvalis on planetary will postdate 7th century CE.
Or, Am I wrong?

Regards,
N. Ganesan
               kOLaRu patikam
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          (campantar  tirunaLLaaRRil paaTiyatu)

Qtev1x49x1 \BT pOkam Artta pUN mulaiyAL tan2n2OTum pon2 akalam \et
Qtev1x49x1 \BT pAkam Artta paigkaN veL ERRu aNNal paramETTi \et
Qtev1x49x1 \BT Akam Artta tOl uTaiyan2 kOvaNa ATaiyin2 mEl \et
Qtev1x49x1 \BT nAkam Artta namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x2 \BT tOTu uTaiya kAtu uTaiyan2 tOl uTaiyan2 tolaiyAp \et
Qtev1x49x2 \BT pITu uTaiya pOr viTaiyan2 peNNum OrpAl uTaiyan2 \et
Qtev1x49x2 \BT ETu uTaiya mEl ulakOTu EzkaTalum cUznta \et
Qtev1x49x2 \BT nATu uTaiya nam perumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x3 \BT An2 muRaiyAl ARRa veN nIRu ATi aNiyizai Or \et
Qtev1x49x3 \BT pAl muRaiyAl vaitta pAtam pattar paNintu Etta \et
Qtev1x49x3 \BT mAn2maRiyum veNmazuvum cUlamum paRRiya kai \et
Qtev1x49x3 \BT nAl maRaiyAn2 namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x4 \BT pulka valla vArcaTaimEl pUmpun2al peytu ayalE \et
Qtev1x49x4 \BT malka valla kon2Rai mAlai matiyOTu uTan2 cUTi \et
Qtev1x49x4 \BT palka valla toNTar tam pon2pAta nizal cEra \et
Qtev1x49x4 \BT nalka valla namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x5 \BT ERu tAgki Urti pENi Er koL iLamatiyam \et
Qtev1x49x5 \BT ARu tAgkum cen2n2imEl Or ATu aravam cUTi \et
Qtev1x49x5 \BT nIRu tAgki nUl kiTanta mArpil nirai kon2Rai \et
Qtev1x49x5 \BT nARu tAgku namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x6 \BT tigkaL uccimEl viLagkum tEvan2 imaiyOrkaL \et
Qtev1x49x6 \BT egkaL ucci em iRaivan2 en2Ru aTiyE iRaijnca \et
Qtev1x49x6 \BT tagkaL ucciyAl vaNagkum tan2 aTiyArkaTku ellAm \et
Qtev1x49x6 \BT nagkaL ucci namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x7 \BT vejncuTart tI agkai Enti viN koL muzavu atira \et
Qtev1x49x7 \BT ajncu iTattu Or ATal pATal pENuvatu an2Riyum pOy \et
Qtev1x49x7 \BT cejncaTaikku Or tigkaL cUTi tikaztaru kaNTattuLLE \et
Qtev1x49x7 \BT najncu aTaitta namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x8 \BT ciTTam Arnta mummatilum cilaivarait tI ampin2Al \et
Qtev1x49x8 \BT cuTTu mATTi cuNNa veN nIRu ATuvatu an2Riyum pOyp \et
Qtev1x49x8 \BT paTTam Arnta cen2n2imEl Or pAl matiyam cUTi \et
Qtev1x49x8 \BT naTTam ATum namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x9 \BT uNNal AkA najncu kaNTattu uNTu uTan2E oTukki \et
Qtev1x49x9 \BT aNNal AkA aNNal nIzal Ar azal pOl uruvam \et
Qtev1x49x9 \BT eNNal AkA uL vin2ai en2Ru eLka valittu iruvar \et
Qtev1x49x9 \BT naNNal AkA namperumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x10 \BT mAcu meyyar maNTait tErar kuNTar kuNam ilikaL \et
Qtev1x49x10 \BT pEcum pEccai mey en2Ru eNNi an neRi cellan2 min2 \et
Qtev1x49x10 \BT mUcu vaNTu Ar kon2Rai cUTi mummatilum uTan2E \et
Qtev1x49x10 \BT nAcam ceyta nam perumAn2 mEyatu naLLARE. \et

Qtev1x49x11 \BT taNpun2alum veNpiRaiyum tAgkiya tAzcaTaiyan2 \et
Qtev1x49x11 \BT naNpu nallAr malku kAzi jnAn2acampantan2 nalla \et
Qtev1x49x11 \BT paNpu naLLARu Ettu pATal pattum ivai vallAr \et
Qtev1x49x11 \BT uNpu nIgki vAn2avarOTu ulakil uRaivArE. \et

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 Tamil Transliteration Scheme:

 a A i I u U e E ai o O au (vowels)
 k gn c jn T N t n p m y r l v z L R n2 (consonants)
 q (Aytam)





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