Ciriya Tirumatal
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| Ciriya Tirumatal | |
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 The episode of the Gajendra Moksha, featured in this work. Folio from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Author | Tirumangai Alvar |
| Language | Tamil |
| Period | 9th–10th century CE |
| Verses | 40 |
The Ciriya Tirumatal (Tamil: சிறிய திருமடல், romanized: Ciṟiya Tirumaṭal, lit. 'The small and sacred maṭal') is a Tamil Hindu work of literature written by Tirumangai Alvar, one of the twelve Alvars of Sri Vaishnavism.[1] The work is a part of the compendium of hymns called the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.[2] In the forty hymns of this work,[3] the author expresses his devotion and love to the preserver deity, Vishnu, and also lists twenty-seven sites he would like to visit to venerate the deity.[4]
