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    Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th...
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    Nambiyandar Nambi during his compilation of material by the poets for the Tirumurai collection, and would include Sundarar himself and Sundarar's parents...
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    Rudraksha (section Tirumurai)
    Upanishads, the Tirumurai describes the wearing of rudraksha garlands and their use as prayer beads for chanting mantras. Accordingly, the Tirumurai identifies...
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  • eleventh volume of the canon of the Tamil liturgical poetry of Shiva, the Tirumurai. Nambiyandar Nambi was born in the town of Thirunaraiyur into the tradition...
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    compositions of the poet-saint are preserved in the first three volumes of the Tirumurai, and provide a part of the philosophical foundation of Shaiva Siddhanta...
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    313 have survived and are now canonized as the 4th to 6th volumes of Tirumurai. One of the most prominent of the sixty-three revered Nayanars, he was...
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    from the 5th to the 9th century CE, known in their collected form as Tirumurai. Tirumular is considered to be the propounder of the term Siddhanta and...
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    Thevaram, denotes the first seven volumes of the twelve-volume collection Tirumurai, a Shaiva narrative of epic and Puranic heroes, as well as a hagiographic...
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  • Shastri - 3 Volumes Combined - 1709 Pages, with complete Outline. p. 604. T.n.ramachandran (1995). Tirumurai The Sixth St Appars Thaandaka Hymns. p. 507....
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    the First Tirumurai. Appar, a contemporary of Sambandar, also venerated Annamalaiyar in 10 verses in Tevaram, compiled as the Fifth Tirumurai. As the temple...
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    "Campantar Tirumurai 1" (PDF). Online: Project Madurai. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Campantar (2004). "Campantar Tirumurai 3" (PDF)...
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    to the first seven volumes (Tevaram) of the twelve-volume Saivite work Tirumurai, the key devotional text of Shaiva Siddhanta. Manikkavacakar's Thiruvasagam...
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  • Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Panchadasi Stotras and stutis Kanakadhāra Stotram Shiva Stuti Vayu Stuti Tamil literature Tirumurai...
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    of Shiva Others Scriptures and texts Vedas Agama-Tantras Shivasutras Tirumurai Vachanas Svetasvatara Philosophy Three Components Pati Pashu Pasam Three...
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    mention is found in the 59th poem in the Third Tirumurai by Sambandar and 22nd poem in the Fifth Tirumurai by Appar. This is a sacred tank in which goddess...
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    First Tirumurai. Appar and Sundarar, contemporaries of Sambandar, also venerated Ekambareswarar in 10 verses in Tevaram, compiled as the Fifth Tirumurai and...
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    literature Cīrappurānam Kampa Irāmāyaṉam Nālāyira Tivviya Pirapantam Tēmpāvaṉi Tirumurai Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Thiruppugal Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval...
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    Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Panchadasi Stotras and stutis Kanakadhāra Stotram Shiva Stuti Vayu Stuti Tamil literature Tirumurai...
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    Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Panchadasi Stotras and stutis Kanakadhāra Stotram Shiva Stuti Vayu Stuti Tamil literature Tirumurai...
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    seventeen verses in Tevaram, compiled as the Fourth Tirumurai, Fifth Tirumurai and Sixth Tirumurai. The Soolai Kinaru, a well in the temple is believed...
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    First Tirumurai. Sundarar, an 8th-century nayanmar, also venerated Idaiyatreeswarar in ten verses in Tevaram, compiled as the Fifth Tirumurai. As the...
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    Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Panchadasi Stotras and stutis Kanakadhāra Stotram Shiva Stuti Vayu Stuti Tamil literature Tirumurai...
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    thus became known as Tirumurai Kanda Cholan meaning one who saved the Tirumurai. In his work Nambiyandar Nambi Puranam alias Tirumurai Kanda Puranam, Nambi...
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    Subhashita Tantras Yoga Vasistha Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sangam Literature Tirumurai Divya Prabandham Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Thiruppugal Thirukkural Kamba Ramayanam...
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    mention is found in the 59th poem in the Third Tirumurai by Sambandar and 22nd poem in the Fifth Tirumurai by Appar. The temple is one of the Shakti Peethas...
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    Subhashita Tantras Yoga Vasistha Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sangam Literature Tirumurai Divya Prabandham Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Thiruppugal Thirukkural Kamba Ramayanam...
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    It contains 51 compositions and constitutes the eighth volume of the Tirumurai, the sacred anthology of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. Legend has it that...
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    Subhashita Tantras Yoga Vasistha Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sangam Literature Tirumurai Divya Prabandham Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Thiruppugal Thirukkural Kamba Ramayanam...
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    of the key text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta compilation called the Tirumurai. The dates of Tirumular's life are controversial, and because his work...
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    century CE by Tirumular. It is the tenth of the twelve volumes of the Tirumurai, the key texts of Shaiva Siddhanta and the first known Tamil work to use...
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