Tiruvempavai

The Tiruvempavai (Tamil: திருவெம்பாவை, IAST: Tiruvempāvai) is a collection of songs composed by the poet-saint Manikkavacakar.^[1] It consists of 20 stanzas devoted to the Hindu deity Shiva.^[2] It forms part of the collection called the Tiruvasagam, and the 8th book of the Tirumurai, a canonical text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. The songs form part of the pavai ritual for unmarried young girls during the Tamil month of Margali.

Triyampawai, one of the twelve month ceremonies in royal Thai Hinduism, descended from the tradition of Tiruvempavai.^[3]

^ Consider Our Vow: Translation of Tiruppāvai and Tiruvempāvai Into English. Muttu Patippakam. 1979.
^ Rajarajan, R. K. K. (2017). Samāpti-Suprabhātam – Reflections on South Indian Bhakti Tradition in Literature and Art. New Delhi: Sharada Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-83221-15-8.
^ Rāma Karaṇa Śarmā, Radhavallabh Tripathi (2008). Glory of Sanskrit tradition. Pratibha Prakashan.

[1] Consider Our Vow: Translation of Tiruppāvai and Tiruvempāvai Into English. Muttu Patippakam. 1979.

[2] Rajarajan, R. K. K. (2017). Samāpti-Suprabhātam – Reflections on South Indian Bhakti Tradition in Literature and Art. New Delhi: Sharada Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-83221-15-8.

[3] Rāma Karaṇa Śarmā, Radhavallabh Tripathi (2008). Glory of Sanskrit tradition. Pratibha Prakashan.

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