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Akilathirattu Ammanai ((タミル語:அகிலத்திரட்டு அம்மானை); ''akilam'' ("world"), ''thirattu'' ("collection"), ''ammanai'' ("ballad")), also called Thiru Edu ("venerable book"), is the main religious text of the Tamil belief system Ayyavazhi. The title is often abbreviated to Akilam or Akilathirattu. Akilam including more than 15,000 verses, is the largest Ammanai literature in Tamil〔N. Vivekanandan (2003), ''Akilathirattu Ammanai Moolamum Uraiyum'', Vivekananda Publications, p. 12 ''(Additional)''.〕 and one among the largest works in Tamil which are contributed by a single author. ==History== According to the book, ''Akilam'', Hari Gopalan Citar wrote this book on the twenty-seventh day of the Tamil month of Karthikai (November/December) in the year 1841 CE.〔G. Patrick's, Religion and Subaltern Agency, Chapter 5, Page118〕 The author claims that God woke him up during his sleep and commissioned him to take dictation of what he said. ''Akilathirattu'' was recorded on palm leaves until 1939, when it was given printed form.〔G. Patrick's, Religion and Subaltern Agency, Chapter 5, Page 119〕 According to the author, the book is the story of God coming in this age, the Kali Yukam or Iron Age, to rule the world by transforming it into the Dharma Yukam. This story of faith has woven together the historical facts about Ayya Vaikundar and his activities with reinterpretations of episodes from the Hindu Puranas (mythologies) and Itihasas (epics).〔G. Patrick's, Religion and Subaltern Agency, Chapter 5, Page 119〕 It is presented as if Vishnu is narrating the whole story to his consort Lakshmi. Though the Citar Hari Gopalan wrote the book Akilam, he claimed that he did not know any thing about the contents of the book. He woke up in the morning as usual and he didn't know what he had written the day before. Another legend says that he began it that night and continued through the following days. Others say that it was written beginning on Friday, 26th Karthikai (Tamil Calendar) 1016 M.E, and completed on seventeenth day on the second Sunday of Margazhi (Tamil Calendar) 1016 M.E. When Ayya Vaikundar died, the tied-up palm leaf manuscript, which was until then not opened, was unfolded. It contained the regulations of the Ayyavazhi sect. As per the instructions found there in Akilam, Ayyavazhi was preached by the Citars far and wide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akilathirattu Ammanai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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