Nammalvar EMR Kathmandu The metaphorical experience in the

The metaphorical experience in the other-worldly theme of Yellamma

constituting a mythological pantheon of most ample extent

The Jaina Mimamasa and Vedanta views of Upamana 301 3

of discovering harmony and complementarity underlying apparent disparity and contradiction

Nammalvar EMR Kathmandu The metaphorical experience in theNammalvar holds a high place among the poet saints of Tamil Nadu. 'Come, poets' cries this saint poet, 'if you want to live, labour with your hands and earn your bread with the sweat of your brow. Why sing a rich man's praises? And who is really rich on this earth? I see no one. Sing of your gods.' In this well written monograph, the late Prof. Srinivasa Raghavan introduces to the readers the Alvars in general and Nammalvar in particular; explains the