General works
The Āḻvārs The following are books/articles that deal with the dates, places, identities, and so forth of the Āḻvārs, in full or partially. Their identities Anandakichenin, Suganya. “Āḻvār”. Hinduism and Tribal…
Modern sources
On the Āḻvārs This book Aḻvārkaḷ Carittiram by Vai. Mu. Caṭakōparāmāṉujācāriyar (Heviḷambi year; Ceṉṉai: Mimōriyal Accukkūṭam) tells the stories of the Āḻvārs in prose.This book, also called Aḻvārkaḷ Carittiram, is…
Tamil works: References and resources
Contents Nālāyira Divya Prabandham Nālāyira Divya Prabandham Editions Many editions exist of this canonical corpus, like P. B. Annangaracharya's. Translations You will find Srirama Bharati's free translation of the whole…
Guruparamparā literature in Sanskrit
Vaṭukanampi/Āndhrāpūrṇa's Yatirājavaibhavam (12th c.?): This is likely the earliest biographic-hagiographic work among the Śrīvaiṣṇavas, composed by Vaṭuka Nampi, a direct disciple of Rāmānuja, who composed this short verse-based work on…
Rāmānuja’s works
NB: We're providing here external links (e.g., to the GRETIL .txt documents or articles that can be accessed via JSTOR) for some of the contents here. BhagavadgītābhāṣyamŚrībhāṣyam (1.1.3)Vedārthasaṃgraham
Grantha in manuscripts
kutyadvādhyandrandāndhuprapubdhabhṛmṛmūrbhaśuśvāḷa
Tirukkōḷūr Peṇpiḷḷai Rahasyam
Data entry: Suganya Anandakichenin; Date of this version: 2020-06-02; Source: Suganya Anandakichenin. “The Female Voice and the Crossing of the Boundaries of Scholarship: A Note on the Rahasyam of the Lady…
Tiruppāṇāḻvār’s Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ
This is a ten-verse poem that describes the beauty of Raṅganātha from foot to head (pādādikeśavarṇanam). This article contains a translation of the poem and gives some information on it.…
Nālāyira Divya Prabandham – E-texts
The original texts are given here transliterated and word-split. Transliterated (but not word-split) versions of the whole Nālāyira Divya Prabandham can be found here. Kulacēkara Āḻvār's Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi: the original…