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Topic: Astadiggajas


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  Ramanuja List Archive Feb 2004
Further swamy submitted a beautiful yagjOpaveetham and tritandam studded with precious gems to mAmunikal.
Then swamy submitted a beautiful thOlukkiniyAn decorated with the carvings of the astadiggajas and a beautifully decorated peedam for onnAna vanamamalai ponnadikkAl rAmAnuja Jeeyer.
Then swamy submitted a costly gem studded crown, gorgeous makarakandikai and a precious mukthAhAram for Periya Vanamamalai Jeeyer.
www.ibiblio.org /sripedia/ramanuja/archives/feb04/msg00089.html   (630 words)

  
 Story of Lord Nrsimha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The snakes lamented what they had done to hurt this young devotee.
Next, the demonic king sent the astadiggajas, the eight elephants who bear the burden of the earth in eight directions.
The maddened elephants charged Prahlada, but their tusks crumbled to bits.
surrealist.org /gurukula/nrsimha.html   (4449 words)

  
 STORIES OF TENALI RAMAN
Tenali Raman, who lived in the early 16
century, was one of the Astadiggajas (eight elephants serving as pillars) of the Vijayanagara court.
He was a poet of knowledge, acute wit and intelligence, shrewdness and ingenuity.
www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDD684   (87 words)

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