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Srimathi Sudharshan,

quoting from your mail :
>Another version says
> that
> > her horoscope indicated that the man she would
> marry
> > would meet his death soon after their union, and
> hence
> > the difficulty in finding her a husband.

I believe the above version is the correct one. 
Recently, I had the chance to hear a discourse on
Kooraththazhwar's Dhivya Gunangal by 'Sri Varadharajan
Swami' at Kooram, that confirms that the above
version.
He remarked the name of the dosham that Andal had as
- 'samshruddha dosham'. As the quality of the audio
was not that good, I am not very sure on the exact
pronounciation of the dosham.

Also the following article on Kooraththazhwar supports
the above and is inline with the version I heard from
the discourse.

----quote---
Koorathazhwan was the ruler of the kingdom of 
Koora-ma-nagar. On a nocturnal inspection, he heard
cries from a house. He overheard the cause of the 
grief thereof. As a girl had horoscopical indication
of instant death to her spouse on marriage, the
family was thinking of permitting her to take
suicidal action. Melting at this human sorrow, he
summoned the parents of the girl to his court and 
offered himself for marrying her so-called 
daughter. As this would endanger the life of 
the Ruler, they hesitated. But Koorathazhwan 
comforted them by saying that nothing untoward
would happen as he would not lead a conjugal life 
in the manner of the worldly men and that his
marriage would end their sorrow as even as provide 
him with a partner in life for dharmanustana. As 
he wished, Andal and Koorathazhwan became man and 
wife- a divine couple with nothing of the earthly
yearnings in them but as living exemplars of the
sastric injunctions. Andal was equally, if not 
more, bestowed with jnana, vairagya and atma-gunas
as, it used to be said that, whenever a doubt arose
in Koorathazhwan's mind, she gave him the necessary
light and clarification!

----unquote---

The complete article is available in the following
link:
http://www.srivaishnavan.com/tomcat/sub_guru.html


Ramanujar Thirvadigale Sharanam,
Kooraththazhwar Thirvadigale Sharanam,
Dasan
Ramanan Rangachari

--- Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxx> wrote:
> Dar SrImathi Sudarshan:
> 
> Dr.Vasudha Narayanan , Professor of Religion
> at University of Florida has an outstanding
> article on the extraordinary Pathni of
> Swamy KurEsar.
> 
> By copy of this note , I am requesting her to help
> you.
> 
> Best wishes,
> V.Sadagopan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chitra Sudarshan"
> <chitrasudarshan@xxxx>
> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 7:37 PM
> Subject: [SriRangaSri] Kooraththazhvar
> 
> 
> >
> > Dear fellow vaishnava bhaktas
> >
> > I am working on an article on Kooraththazhwar and
> I
> > was wondering if anyone out there can clarify one
> > matter for me or refer me to authentic sources: it
> is
> > regarding his marriage to Andal in Kanchipuram.
> That
> > her father had problem getting her married is
> > accepted: however, I have read two versions for
> this
> > state of affairs. One version says that as she was
> > very educated, there was a taboo in those times
> > attached to scholarly women, and hence the problem
> > finding a groom for her. Another version says
> that
> > her horoscope indicated that the man she would
> marry
> > would meet his death soon after their union, and
> hence
> > the difficulty in finding her a husband.
> > Could someone tell me which version is the right
> one -
> > or refer me to some source/book that would clarify
> > this?
> > I thank you in anticipation.
> >
> > Regards
> > Chitra Chari Sudarshan
> >
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