![]() ![]() The philosophical literature of Tamil Saivism is called cattirams (sastras – philosophical treatises). Cekkilar – Periya-puranam – constituting the 12 th Tirumurai.Īll the above Tirumurais are called tottirams (stotras – devotional literature), which constitute the bhakt literature of Tamil Saivism. Twelve Saiva Saints – A collection of works – constituting the 11 th Tirumurai.Ĩ. Tirumular – Tirumandiram – constituting the 10 th Tirumurai.ħ. Nine Saiva Saints – Tiru-v-icai=p-pa and Tiru-p-pallandu (a collection of poems) – constituting the 9 th Tirumurai.Ħ. Manikka-vacagar – Tiru-vacagam – constituting the 8 th Tirumurai.ĥ. Cundara-murti – Tevaram – constituting the 7 th TirumuraiĤ. ![]() Tiru-navukkaracar – Tevaram – constitutinig the 4rth, 5 th and 6 th Tirumurais.ģ. Tiru-jnana-cambandar – Tevaram – constituting the first three TirumuraisĢ. ![]() According to the Saiva Tradition of Tamil Nadu, there are twelve Tirumurais,i.e., sacred Tamil Saiva scriptures. “The Tirumandiram is known as the refined Tamil Agama (centamil Agamam). (excerpt from The Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram, ![]()
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