"ayyavazhi" ne demek

Ayyavazhi ( Tamil: அய்யாவழி Malayalam: അയ്യാവഴി The ' zhi' ( ழி) portion of the word, 'Ayyavazhi', is a retroflex, and it is correctly transliterated according to the National Library at Kolkata romanization as ayyavali. -"Tanrı'nın yolu") 19 yy.'da Güney Hindistan'da ortaya çıkmışTha. Krishna Nathan, Ayyaa vaikuNdarin vaazvum sinthanaiyum, p. 62: "அவர் மாற்றுப் பிறப்பு பெற்ற நாளே அய்யாவழி சமய மரபு தோற்றம் பெற்ற நாள்(கி.பி.1833) எனக் கூறலாம்." (The day at which Vaikundar is given rebirth could be considered as the date of origin of 'Ayyavazhi religion'.) Dharmatik bir inanç sistemidirArisundara Mani, Akilathirattu Ammanai Parayana Urai p. 4. Çeşitli yayınlarThe following morning and evening dailies calls Ayyavazhi as a separate religion:

• Malai Malar (leading evening Tamil daily), Nagercoil Edition, 4 March 2007, p. 5, "சுவாமி ஊர்வலத்தை அய்யாவழி பக்தர்கள் சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார்..." (this report calls Ayyavazhi "a separate religion");
• Dinakaran (Tamil Daily), Nagercoil Edition, 1 March 2007, p. 3: "அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் அடிக்கல் நாட்டினார்"("Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion laid foundation stone for the ...");
• Dinakaran (Tamil Daily), Nagercoil Edition, 14 February 2011, p. 2: "...தலைமை பதிக்கு வந்த ரவிசங்கர்ஜியை அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் வரவேற்றார்."("Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion welcomed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who arrived here in Swamithope pathi...");
• Dina Thanthi, Nagercoil Edition, 2/3/2007, p. 5. "மாநாட்டுக்கு அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் தலைமை தாங்குகிறார்." Translation – "The religious conference is led by Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, the head of Ayyavazhi religion." This news from a leading news paper in India, on reporting the 175th Ayya Vaikunda Avataram, calls Ayyavazhi a religion, and Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion;
• Tamil Murasu (4/3/2006), p. 3:"இதையொட்டி குமரி மாவட்டம் சாமி தோப்பில் 'அய்யா வழி சமய' மாநாடு (the conference of 'Ayyavazhi religion') உள்பட...", hükümet raporları ve akademik araştırmalarG. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, Chapter 5, pp. 120–121. '"it may be concluded that, AV emerged as a 'new and singular' religious phenomenon in that context"Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis, (2007), Historical Dictionary of Shamanism, ISBN 0-8108-5798-7, Scarecrow Press, pp. 101M.C. Raj (2001), Dalitology: The Book of the Dalit People, Ambedkar Resource Centre, Tumkūr, India, p. 422, "The Shanans also started a non-Brahminic religion called Ayya Vazhi." ISBN 81-87367-04-0 bunun bağımsız monistik bir dinN. Vivekanandan, Akilathirattu Ammanai moolamum Uraiyum, Volume 2, p. 97 olduğunu belirtirler. Ayyavazhi'nin bir Hindu mezhebi olduğunu savunan görüşler de mevcuttur.Dr. R. Ponnu, Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and the Struggle for Social Equality in South India, p. 98 Hindistan nüfus sayımlarında bu dinin takipçilerinin büyük çoğunluğu kendilerini Hindu olarak tanıtmıştır.

Ayyavazhi, hayatın merkezindedir ve Ayya Vaikundar dini lideridir. O, fikirlerini ve felsefesini Akilattirattu Ammanai ve Arul Nool kutsal kitaplarında toplamıştır. Buna göre Ayya Vaikundar, Narayana'nın avatarıdır. Ayyavazhi'nin, mitoloji ve uygulamada Hinduizm ile birçok fikir paylaşımları mevcuttur, ancak; iyi ve kötü ve dharma kavramları oldukça farklıdır.G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 111–113, Ayyavazhi, dharmatik inanç olarak sınıflandırılmaktadır çünkü dharmanın merkezine odaklanmıştır.G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 160–161.

Ayyavazhi takipçileri, Hindistan'ın geneline yayılmış olmasına karşın, özellikle Tamil Nadu ve Kerala eyaletlerinde yoğunlaşmışlardır. Sayılarının 8 ile 10 milyon arasında olduğu tahmin edilmektedir.