{{Short description|Work of Tamil Hindu literature}} {{Italic title}}{{Infobox religious text|religion=Hinduism|author=Nammalvar|language=Tamil|caption=Painting of Vishnu upon Shesha, Sri Appan Venkatachalapati Temple, Cheranmahadevi.|image=260px|verses=7|period=9th–10th century CE|name=''Tiruvaciriyam''|previous=Tiruviruttam|next=Periya Tiruvantati}}The '''''Tiruvaciriyam''''' ({{Langx|ta|திருவாசிரியம்|lit=Sacred meter|translit=Tiruvaciriyam}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Richman |first=Paula |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uTMnd3vwCcC&dq=aciriyam+meter&pg=PA83 |title=Extraordinary Child |date=April 2008 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-306317-9 |pages=83 |language=en}}</ref> is a compilation of hymns written by Nammalvar, one of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnava tradition. This work, which is a part of the ''Nalayira Divya Prabandham'', consists of seven hymns<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aiyangar |first=Sakkottai Krishnaswami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htArUg0OMpcC&dq=tiruvasiriyam&pg=PA398 |title=Ancient India: Collected Essays on the Literary and Political History of Southern India |date=2004 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1850-3 |pages=398 |language=en}}</ref> referred to as ''pasurams'', dedicated to the praise of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu. It is often regarded to contain the essence of the ''Yajurveda''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dr. Narinder Sharma |url=http://archive.org/details/Thiruvaasiriyam |title=Thiruvaasiriyam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nair |first=Shantha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CY9eAAAAQBAJ&dq=thiruvasiriyam+seven&pg=PT76 |title=Sri Venkateshwara |date=2014-01-07 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8495-445-6 |pages=76 |language=en}}</ref>
== Hymns == {{Vaishnavism}} The first hymn of the work describes Vishnu reclining upon his serpent-mount, Shesha, extolled as a deity without equal:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Makarand Joshi |url=http://archive.org/details/thesacredbookoffourthousand01nalayiradivyaprabandhamsriramabharati2000 |title=The Sacred Book Of Four Thousand 01 Nalayira Divya Prabandham Sri Rama Bharati 2000 |pages=702}}</ref> {{Blockquote|text=O Lord with lotus-red feet that strode the Earth! Wearing the red clouds as vestments, the radiant Sun as a diadem, the pleasing Moon on your person, and stars spangled all over, with red coral lips, and green-radiance spreading emerald mountains, you lie in the arms of the sea-lord, seeming like one asleep<br>Wearing a yellow vestment, a crown, and many golden jewels, the red of your eyes and lips glowing, the green of your body overpowering the red, in the middle of the Ocean of Milk, on a serpent with many hoods,<br>You recline in deep sleep where all the gods led by Siva, Brahma, and Indra stand and offer worship. O Lord without a peer or superior, with a lotus on your navel!|title=''Tiruvaciriyam''|source=Hymn 1}}
== See also ==
* ''Tirumālai'' * ''Periya Tirumoli'' * ''Tiruvaymoli''
== References == {{Tamil literature}}<references />
== External links == * [https://ramanuja.org/sv/alvars/nammalvar/tiruvasiriyam.html Tiruvaciriyam]
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