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{{Short description|Tamil Hindu work of literature}}
{{Infobox religious text|religion=[[Hinduism]]|author=[[Bhoothath Alvar|Bhutath Alvar]]|language=[[Tamil language|Tamil]]|caption=A Vision of Vishnu (Vaikuntha Darshana). circa 1710 and circa 1715, Brooklyn Museum.|image=File:Brooklyn Museum - A Vision of Vishnu (Vaikuntha Darshana).jpg|verses=100|period=9th–10th century CE|name=''Irantam Tiruvantati''|previous=Mutal Tiruvantati|next=Munram Tiruvantati}}{{Italic title}}
The '''''Irantam Tiruvantati''''' ({{Langx|ta|இரண்டாம் திருவந்தாதி|lit=Second and sacred hymn|translit=Iraṇțam Tiruvanṭāṭī}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nair |first=Shantha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CY9eAAAAQBAJ&dq=mudal+thiruvandhadi&pg=PT70 |title=Sri Venkateshwara |date=2014-01-07 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8495-445-6 |page=70 |language=en}}</ref> is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[Hinduism|Hindu]] work of literature composed by [[Bhoothath Alvar|Bhutath Alvar]], one of the twelve [[Alvars]] of [[Sri Vaishnavism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rosen |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBEiXtey-9UC&dq=periyalvar+tirumoli&pg=PA219 |title=Vaiṣṇavī: Women and the Worship of Krishna |date=1996 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-81-208-1437-0 |page=219 |language=en}}</ref> Comprising 100 verses<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pārttacārati |first=Intirā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWFkAAAAMAAJ&q=irantam+tiruvantati |title=Vaisnavisam in Tamil Literature Between the 7th and 9th Centuries |date=2002 |publisher=International Institute of Tamil Studies |page=37 |language=en}}</ref> in the poetic meter called the ''[[antati]]'', it is part of the compendium of hymns called the ''[[Naalayira Divya Prabandham|Nalayira Divya Prabandham]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kasturi |first1=Geeta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAvzBgAAQBAJ&dq=poigai+alvar+divya+prabandha&pg=PA68 |title=Understanding The Elemental Hindu Works |last2=N.V |first2=Kasturi |date=2013-02-06 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-291-31296-6 |page=68 |language=en}}</ref> It is dedicated to the preserver deity, [[Vishnu]].

== Legend ==
According to Sri Vaishnava legend, [[Poigai Alvar]] once travelled to offer his veneration to [[Vishnu]] at the [[Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Tirukoyilur|Ulagalantha Perumal temple]] at [[Tirukoilur]]. He met other two Alvars, [[Pey Alvar|Pey]], and [[Bhoothath Alvar|Bhutath]], whom he did not know, but who had also chosen to coincidentally visit the temple during the same period. During an ensuing rainstorm, Poigai found some accommodation at a [[mandapa]]m, and was asked by Pey if he could share some space in his room. Observing that there was a single bed present in the mandapam, Poigai remarked that it would be most convenient for an individual to lie down upon the bed, but two to be seated. During this very moment, Bhutath arrived, and expressed the desire to share the mandapam with the other two poet-saints. The trio decided that it would be most proper for an individual to lie down, two people to be seated, but the fact that there were three of them meant that it would be most suitable for all of them to stand. Thus, the three poet-saints stood all night, and during the dawn, they felt the presence of a fourth entity in their midst. The force collided against them, and overwhelmed them so much that each of them composed hymns regarding their experience, in the form of an antati. The entity is proclaimed to be [[Perumal (deity)|Perumal]]. The ''Irantam Tiruvantati'' is stated to be the hymns composed by Bhutath Alvar, using his love for the deity as his lamp.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pillai |first=M. S. Purnalingam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIeqvcai5XQC&q=tirumalisai&pg=PA183 |title=Tamil Literature |date=1994 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0955-6 |page=185 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nammalwar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMWUAwAAQBAJ&dq=Mutual+Tiruvant%C4%81ti&pg=PT133 |title=A Hundred Measures of Time: Tiruviruttam |date=2014-05-15 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5118-714-1 |page=133 |language=en}}</ref>

== Hymns ==
{{Vaishnavism}}
The first hymn of the ''Irantam Tiruvantati'' describes the poet-saint's thoughts when Perumal overwhelmed him with his presence:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Young |first=Katherine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tf5QDwAAQBAJ&dq=irandam+tiruvantati&pg=PT37 |title=Her Voice, Her Faith: Women Speak On World Religions |date=2018-03-13 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-97965-1 |page=37 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bryant |first=Edwin F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRtREAAAQBAJ&dq=irantam+tiruvantati+in+tamil&pg=PA204 |title=Krishna: A Sourcebook |date=2007-06-18 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-028756-6 |page=204 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=With love as the lamp, passion as the ghee, a mind melting with joy as the wick, with my soul dissolving I lit the blazing flame of wisdom for Narayana. I, who desire the wisdom of Tamil.|title=''Irantam Tiruvantati''|source=Hymn 1}}

The author also references Vishnu and [[Lakshmi]] residing in their celestial abode, [[Vaikuntha]], in this work:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Makarand Joshi |url=https://archive.org/details/thesacredbookoffourthousand01nalayiradivyaprabandhamsriramabharati2000 |title=The Sacred Book Of Four Thousand 01 Nalayira Divya Prabandham Sri Rama Bharati 2000 |page=637}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=The lord of gods in heaven is light-effulgent. Those who worship his ocean- reclining form, strewing fresh flowers at his feet will be counted as devotees, worthy of entering his fabled celestial city. In that city, under a canopy of pearls, gems and diamonds, and strings of fresh flowers, the lord is seated with the lotus-dame Lakshmi, borne on his right. I worship his feet.|title=''Irantam Tirumatal''|source=Hymns 3-4}}

== See also ==

* ''[[Mutal Tiruvantati]]''
* ''[[Munram Tiruvantati]]''
* ''[[Nanmukan Tiruvantati]]''

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [https://acharya.org/dp/v3/3/02-itvant30/2182-ita-ta.pdf Irantam Tiruvantati text (Tamil)]

[[iarchive:sri-bhutat-azhwar-irandam-thiruvandhadhi-eng-tamil-n-raja-gopalan-2002/mode/2up|Irantam Tiruvantati text and commentary (Tamil and English) - N. Rajagopalan]]

[[Category:Naalayira Divya Prabandham]]
[[Category:Tamil Hindu literature]]
[[Category:Vaishnava texts]]
[[Category:Tamil-language literature]]

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