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The Sarangapani Temple, Thirukudanthai, or Kumbakonam koyil is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 poet saints, or Alvars. [1]
The Panchatantra is an ancient Sanskrit collection of stories, probably first composed around 300 CE (give or take a century or two), [1] though some of its component stories may be much older. The original text is not extant, but the work has been widely revised and translated such that there exist "over 200 versions in more than 50 languages."
The text's original language was likely Sanskrit. Though the text is now known as Panchatantra, the title found in old manuscript versions varies regionally, and includes names such as Tantrakhyayika, Panchakhyanaka, Panchakhyana and Tantropakhyana. The suffix akhyayika and akhyanaka mean "little story" or "little story book" in Sanskrit. [23]
Sharanga (Sanskrit: शारङ्ग, romanized: Śāraṅga) also spelt as Saranga, is the celestial bow of the Hindu god Vishnu, [1] primarily associated with his avatar of Rama. [2] In South India, the Sharanga is also simply known as the Kodanda, literally meaning bow. [3] Rama is often praised as Kodandapani, the holder of the Kodanda.
Sarangapani was fluent in both Telugu and Sanskrit and wrote almost 200 Padams [1] in both languages. His songs were written in tribute to the god Venugoplala , the presiding deity of Venugopalaswamy Temple, Karvetinagaram [ 1 ] and contain the mudra " Venugopala ".
Ānanda Tīrtha the founder of Madhva line has written in his commentary on Mundaka Upanishad: [19] "In Dvapara Yuga, Vishnu is exclusively worshiped according to the principles of the Pancharatra Scripture, but in this age of Kali Yuga, the Supreme Lord Hari is worshiped only by the chanting of his Holy Name." [citation needed]
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