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There are lot of things to write about Tamil Veda Tirukkural(TK) and Vishnu Sahasranama (VS) from linguistic and grammatical angle. But I will deal with them later.
Now let us look at two avatars of Vishnu mentioned both in TK and VS. Valluvar mentioned many Hindu gods like Lakshmi, Indra, Shiva, Yama, Brahma and Avatars like Vamana/Trivikrama and Krishna in the Tamil Veda Tirukkura. Because of these references ancient poets praised it as Veda in Tamil.
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Pushkaraakshah – Word Number 556 in the VS
Aravindaaksha 347 – Kural 1103
VS mentioned Vishnu and Krishna as one with Lotus Eyes. This is applicable to Rama as well. Rama is praised as Raajeeva Nayana/lotus eyed in Sanskrit Kritis/ compositions. Krishna and Vishnu are praised as Lotus eyed in VS and common Bhajans.
For word No. 556 Pushkaraakshah, Adi Shankara (aadi Sankara) says,
One who shines as the light of consciousness when meditated upon in the lotus of the heart. Or One who has eyes resembling the lotus ( pushkara, kamala aravinda etc).
For word No. 347 Aravindaakshah , Adi Shankara (aadi Sankara) says,
One whose eyes resemble the lotus.
Tiruvalluvar in Tirukkural 1103 says
தாம்வீழ்வார் மென்றோள் துயிலின் இனிதுகொல்
தாமரைக் கண்ணான் உலகு.- 1103
“Is the world of the lotus eyed God Himself any sweeter than the tender arms,
Of the loving maiden in delightful embrace?”
Couplet Explanation:
Can the lotus-eyed Vishnu’s heaven be indeed as sweet to those who delight to sleep in the delicate arms of their beloved ?.
Most famous Tirukkural commentator Parimel azakar and others agree that it is Vishnu referred to in Kural 1103.
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Tri padaaya – 534; also Vamana 152
Vishnu’s Vamana(short man) Avatar is praised as Tri Vikrama (long man with three steps) in all hymns from the Rig Veda to simple slokas and songs like Andal’s Tiruppavai.
In the VS word No. Tri padaaya – 534 and Vamana 152 refers to it.
Tripadaaya – 534
One having three strides. The Sruti says ,
Triini pada vicakrame-
Other comments include Pranava with three letters, Varaha Avatar with three horns etc
Vamana 152
One who in the form of Vamana (vaamana)- dwarf- went begging to King Bali.
Or One who has to be devoutly worshipped .
Katha Upanishad says,
Madhye vaamanam aasinam visve devaahaa upaasare—the Visve devas devoutly worship Vaamana who is established in the middle.
All Hindus know that Vishnu came as a dwarf and begged for three feet long land and when King Bali said YES, Vamana, the dwarf became gigantic. His three steps engulfed the earth/universe.
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Valluvar mentioned it with the words “Adi Alanthaan” in Kural 610
மடியிலா மன்னவன் எய்தும் அடியளந்தான்
தாஅய தெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.—610
“A prince, who gives no room to sloth, will gain the whole universe
Which was measured in three steps by the Lord Trivikraman”- Kural 610
Or
The king whose life from sluggishness is rid,
Shall rule o’er all by foot of mighty God bestrid.
Couplet Explanation:
The king who never gives way to idleness will obtain entire possession of (the whole earth) passed over by him who measured (the worlds) with His foot.
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Aksharaya – 481
Adi Shankara says,
The changeless one. The Bhagavad Gita 15-16 also confirms it.
My Comments
Wisdom Library says,
Akṣara (अक्षर) refers to “imperishable”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.8.
Akṣara (अक्षर) refers to the “(sweet) tones (made by the instrument players)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.46
Akṣara (मकार) refers to the “(letters of the) alphabet”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.2
Akṣara (अक्षर) or Akṣarakrīḍā refers to the “playing of akṣara” (a kind of dice-game) and represents one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.
Akṣara (अक्षर) refers to the “imperishable” which is associated with Pūrṇagiri, one of the sacred seats (pīṭha), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts
Imperishable, indestructible, undecaying, epithet of the Supreme as well as the Individual soul; यमक्षरं क्षेत्रविदो विदुस्तमात्मानमात्मन्यवलोकयन्तम् (yamakṣaraṃ kṣetravido vidustamātmānamātmanyavalokayantam) Kumārasambhava 3.5; द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च । क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते (dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca | kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho’kṣara ucyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 15.16. यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः । अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः (yasmātkṣaramatīto’hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ | ato’smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 15.18; the unconcerned (Spirit); अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमभ् (akṣaraṃ brahma paramabh) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.3.
There are 33 definitions according to Wisdomlib.com
I take it as an alphabet. That shows that Hindus considered writing with letters make a thing imperishable. So Hindus wrote everything with Aksharam/letters but unfortunately, they wrote on barks of the trees and palm leaves where as Egyptians and Sumerians wrote on rocks and clay tablets. Because of the favourable climate they are all preserved. Later Hindus also inscribed King’s orders on stones. Now we have over one lakh inscriptions.
But where is the connection between TK and VS?
Hindus not only knew about the imperishable writing but also they know that “A” is the first letter used in all languages all over the world and so they named letter also with A= ‘A’kshara
And also said “A is the first letter in all the languages and God is the first one”.
Note the significance of A in the word “A”-ksharam and in Bhagavad Gita and Tirukkural (TK).
“A” as its first of letters, every speech maintains;
The “Primal Deity” is first through all the world’s domains
or
“As the letter A is the first of all letters, so the eternal God is first in the world”.
அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி
பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு.- Kural 1
This is already in Bhagavad Gita
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्व: सामासिकस्य च |
अहमेवाक्षय: कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुख: || 33||
akṣharāṇām a-kāro ’smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya cha
aham evākṣhayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṁ viśhvato-mukhaḥ
BG 10.33: I am the beginning “A” amongst all letters; I am the dual word in grammatical compounds. I am the endless Time, and amongst creators I am Brahma.
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Jesus copied it like Valluvar
Since Jesus Christ lived in the Himalayas studying Hindu scriptures until the age of 33, he also said I am the Alpha
The phrase “I am the Alpha and the Omega” (Koiné Greek: ἐγώ εἰμί τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ), is an appellation of Jesus and of the Father in the Book of Revelation (verses 1:8, 21:6, and 22:13)
My research
If you turn to dictionaries you will see more words under A than any other letter. If you turn to Sanskrit and Tamil poems you see a pattern. More poems begin with A than other letters
Rig veda also begins with A
Agni meele purohitam…………………………………..
So I establish a connection between A-ksharam and A letter in the alphabet
–subham—
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