Musings on Andal's Tiruppavai (2002 Edition) Sadhana Ashram They can now cause pain

They can now cause pain and suffering in many instances

The strength of Ayurveda lies in its broad

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their accounts are not free from such exagerations

and into the realm of the pure and the noble

Musings on Andal's Tiruppavai (2002 Edition) Sadhana Ashram They can now cause painGoda, also known as Andal, means giver of cows, illumination and revelations. True to her name Andal blossomed forth to personify all these cherished values in her myriad mystic revelation. Andal being one of the great Alvars, and a gem of mystic among them, homage has been paid to her during all these centuries. She lived several centuries before Acharya Ramanuja and her works have been zealously commented upon by a galaxy of scholars. Andal was a