The Deśika-Dīpāvalī

[Ananda Maitreya]

Hope this presentation by scholar Gokul Mahadevan might be of interest to some scholars - 

"On the holiest of occasions of Deepavali in the year 2024, I take this opportunity to share a document that I had prepared a few years ago. The Deśika-Dīpāvalī is a selection of 12 verses drawn from across Swāmī Nigamânta Mahādeśikan’s multilingual œuvre, all filled with the imagery of lamp-lights—and hence very appropriate for the festival of Deepavali! They were originally selected by Śrī U.Ve. D. Ramaswamy Ayyaṅgār, a very prominent 20^th-century scholar of the Śrīvaiṣṇava tradition renowned for his penetrating insights and beautiful English translations of Swāmī Deśikan’s works."

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- Ananda