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Sundarar or Sundaramurthi (Tamil , 8th century CE), also known affectionately as Tampiran Tzhan (Comrade of the Master (Shiva))[1] was one of the most prominent among the Nayanars, the Shaiva bhakti (devotional) poets of Tamil Nadu. He was a contemporary of Cheraman Perumal and Kotpuli Nayanar who also figure in the 63 Nayanmars.[2][3] The songs of praise are called Thiruthondathogai and is the original nucleus around which the Periyapuranam is based.[4] The Periya Puranam, which collects the legends of the Nayanars, starts and ends with him. The hymns of seventh volume of the Tirumurai, the twelve-volume compendium of the poetry of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta, were composed by him.
Sundarar
The 3 foremost Nayanars with Manikkavacakar collectively called the Nalvars: (from left) Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar, Manikkavacakar Born Titles/honours Philosophy Literary works unknown Tirunavalur Nayanar saint, Moovar Saivism Bhakti Tevaram
Contents
1 Life 2 Compilation 3 In temple worship services 4 List of temples revered by Sundarar 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading
Tirumurai The twelve volumes of Tamil aiva hymns of the sixty-three Nayanars Parts Name Author 1,2,3 Tirukadaikkappu Sambandar 4,5,6 Tevaram Tirunavukkarasar 7 Tirupaatu Sundarar Tiruvacakam & 8 Manikkavacakar Tirukkovaiyar Tiruvisaippa & 9 Various Tiruppallaandu 10 Tirumandhiram Tirumular 11 Various 12 Periya Puranam Sekkizhar Paadal Petra Sthalam Paadal Petra Sthalam Raja Raja Chola I Nambiyandar Nambi
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Life
Sundarar is unique among the Nayanars in that both of his parents are also recognised as Nayanars. He was born into a adi saiva , temple priest brahmin group.His original name was Nambi aroorar. The ruler of the local kingdom (Thirumunaipadi-Nadu), Narasingamunaiarayar a chieftain, adopted him and brought up as his own son, attracted by the beauty of the child he saw playing in the street. Sundarar was a contemporary of great Pallava emperor Rajasimha who was also a nayanmar saint and also author of many devotional hymn works in tamil.A temple inscription in tiruvarur says that sundarar's father sadayan also a nayanmar saint belonged to the gotram or lineage of sage bharadwaja and his mother isaignani also a nayanmar saint belonged to the gotram or lineage of sage gautama. From epigraphs it
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is also inferred that a Sanskrit hagiography on sundarar namely sva swami mitra prabhandam translated as travelogues of he who became friend of lord is now not available. Legend states that while Sundarar was being married, the service was interrupted by an old ascetic who asked for Sundarar as his servant, making a name sake claim that Sundarar's "grandfather pledged him" according to an ancient palm leaf manuscript in his possession. Sundarar and those assembled at the wedding were outraged and called the old man a madman (piththaan: Tamil). But a court of Vedic scholars concluded that the palm leaf was legally valid. Crestfallen, Sundarar resigned himself to servitude in the old man's household and, following him to Thiruvennainallur village, was led to the Thiruvarutturai Shiva temple. The old man was said to be Shiva (Lord Thiagaraja) himself, who told him: " That the document shown was only a name sake reason and he wanted sundarar to be reminded of his actual form as alalasundarar a servitor in lord's kailasam, who had to be born in earth both due to moments of worldly thoughts that overcame him as well as due to the fact that the southern tamil region that had done great thavam during kali age need be blessed with an account on lives of great nayanmars called tiru thondar thokai.You will henceforth be known as Vanthondan, the argumentative devotee. Did you not call me a mad man just a short while ago? Begin your hymn addressing me 'O mad man!'".[5] Lord sivan had also advised vanthondar to" while on earth sing of us in words of tamil". Subsequently, Sundarar moved around Tamil Nadu, visiting several Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu. In Tiruvarur, in the Thanjavur district, he fell in love with a girl named Paravayar, of the Rudra Kanyakayar caste of female ascetics, and married her. sundarar was held in such a high regard by his contemporary nayanmar saints like viranmindar, kalikamanar etc. that he was offered royal treatment by those rich servitors. One another nayanmar saint namely kotpuliyar a velalala, praised for some superb services also offers sundarar hand of his daughter but the saint politely declines and instantly picks up the girl and puts in his lap and dedicates a hymn to siva in the end of which he says that he considers the girl equivalent to his daughter. The same treatment is accorded by the saint to yet another girl namely singati. In many hymns sundarar makes this declaration of love filled,gracious patronage to the children that he accorded. In Thiruvottriyur, a sea-side suburb of Madras, he prayed at the Padampakkanathar/Thyagarajar/Vadivudaiamman Temple, where he saw a farmer's girl, Sangiliyar, who was preparing flower garlands and married her, promising never to leave.[5] Sundarar is also famous for declaring in many hymns that one reality of lord sivan is apprehended by selfless, dispassionate and attachment free service to him.He also declares that all beings are created equal by lord. At tirupunkoor near thillai chidambaram a famous saivite temple, the region was devoid of rains for a long time. A local chola prince requested sundarar to address the problem , there upon the saint put up a wail for justice saying that 12 acres of land be given to the temple if it rains by his service and upon completing the song to lord sivan rains lashed incessantly. After many such days sundarar was summoned by the prince again to fix the problem of heavy rains. sundarar once again insisted that 12 more acres be given to the temple should the rains cease after his song. The same happened and the temple became richer by 24 acres more. At avinashi an ancient saiva piligrim centre near present day coimbatore sundarar prayed to lord sivan to give back life to an eight-year-old boy who had died untimely many years ago. On hearing his hymn lord sivan bestowed his grace and the boy who was swallowed by a crocodoile was instanly returned by the same crocodoile. The legend states that at Tiruvarur he recited the names of all sixty-three future Nayanars: this recitation is called Tiruttondar-Tokai. In it, he refers to himself as the servant of servants of these saints.[4] His fame reached the ears of the Cheraman Perumal, who came to Tiruvarur. Both embarked on a pilgrimage. But Sundarar became
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tired of life and was taken up to heaven by a white elephant. The king followed him on his horse. This occurred in "Swathi Nakshtra" in the Tamil month of "Aadi".
Compilation
Raja Raja Chola I (985-1013 CE) embarked on a mission to recover the hymns after hearing short excerpts of Tevaram in his court.[6] He sought the help of Nambi Andar Nambi, who was a priest in a temple.[7] It is believed that by divine intervention Nambi found the presence of scripts, in the form of cadijam leaves half eaten by white ants in a chamber inside the second precinct in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram.[6][7] The brahmanas (Dikshitars) in the temple are supposed to have disagreed with the king by saying that the works were too divine, but Rajaraja is said to have prevailed.[6][8] Rajaraja thus became to be known as Tirumurai Kanda Cholan meaning one who saved the Tirumurai.[8] Thus far Shiva temples only had images of god forms, but after the advent of Rajaraja, the images of the Nayanar saints were also placed inside the temple.[8] Nambi arranged the hymns of three saint poets Campantar, Appar and Sundarar as the first seven books, Manickavasagar's Tirukovayar and Tiruvacakam as the 8th book, the 28 hymns of nine other saints as the 9th book, the Tirumandiram of Tirumular as the 10th book, 40 hymns by 12 other poets as the 10th book, Tirutotanar Tiruvanthathi - the sacred anthathi of the labours of the 63 nayanar saints and added his own hymns as the 11th book.[9] The first seven books were later called as Tevaram, and the whole Saiva canon, to which was added, as the 12th book, Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam (1135 CE) is wholly known as Tirumurai, the holy book. Thus Saiva literature which covers about 600 years of religious, philosophical and literary development.[9] This however may have been out of context because as we see from earlier pallava dantivarman and kampavarman inscriptions, the singing of tirumurai in temples to the sounding of udukkai(small drum) and talam(cymbals).
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God, soul, bond, grace, divine intiation, methodology, enlightenment, bliss, mantra and liberation - correspond to Umapthi's work, Tiruvarutpayan.[13] Tirumurai kanda puranam is another anthology for Tirumurai as a whole, but primarily focuses on Tevaram. It is the first of the works to refer the collection of volumes as Tirumurai.[13]
Swetharanyeswarar Temple
Thiruvenkadu
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Thiruethikolpadi Temple
Thiruethikolpadi
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Thyagarajar Temple
Tiruvarur
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Swarnapuresar Temple
Trikaduvaikarai Putur
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Thiruanegathangavatham
Kanchipuram
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Thirupachilasiramam Thirunatiyathangudi Amirdhakalayeswarar Temple Tirunaavaleswarar Temple Thiruvelvikudi Temple Thirunindriyur Temple Kolilinathar Temple
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Kachi Metrali
Kanchipuram
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Srikalahasti Temple
Srikalahasti
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Tiruchirapalli
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Amirtagateswarar Temple
Thirukkadaiyur
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Thirukurugavoor Thirukarupariyaloor Thiruidaiyatruthogai Thirukodikuzhagar Agnipuriswarar Temple Sakshinatheswarar Temple Neelivaneswarar Temple
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Thiruvathigai Veeratanam
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Thiruvathigai Veeratanam Thiruthondathogai Thirukanatumullur Thirukachoor Thiruvenjamakoodal Muthupathugangai Thiruamathur Kayarohanaswami Temple Oorthogai Thirupandikodumudi Thirumuruganathaswamy temple Thiruppunavasal Temple Thiruvalangadu Thirukadaiyur Mayanam Thyagaraja Temple Sivalokanathar Temple Thiruneedur Thiruvazhkolliputhur Thirukazhumalam Mahalingeswarar Temple Thiruvegambam Thirukolakka Thiruthinainagar Masilamaiyisar Temple Thiruvalivalam Tirunallar Saniswaran Temple Masilamaniswara Temple Vedaranyeswarar Temple Thiruvalampuram Thiruthuruthi Thiruvelvikudi
Thiruvatigai
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Thiruthondathogai Thirukanatumullur Thirukachoor Thiruvenjamakoodal Muthupathugangai Thiruamathur Nagapattinam Oorthogai Thirupandikodumudi Thirumuruganpoondi Thiruppunavasal Thirvalangadu Thirukkadaiyur Tiruvottiyur Thirupungur Thiruneedur Thiruvazhkolliputhur Thirukazhumalam Thiruvidaimarudur Thiruvegambam Thirukolakka Thiruthinainagar Thiruvaduthurai Thiruvalivalam Tirunallar Thirumullaivoyal Vedaranyam Thiruvalampuram Thiruthuruthi Thiruvelvikudi
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Jambukeswarar Temple
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Jambukeswarar Temple
Thiruvanaikaval
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Srivanchiyam
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Aiyarappar temple
Tiruvaiyaru
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Vedagiriswarar temple
Thirukazhukundram
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Soundareswararswamy Temple
Thirupanaiyur
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Veezhinathar Temple
Thiruveezhimizhalai
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Thiruvenpakkam
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Chidambaram
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Thirupukoliyur Avinasi Sundareswarar Temple Odhanavaneswarar Temple Thyagarajar Paravaiyundamandali Temple Thirunanipalli Prakasheswarar Temple Naganatha Swamy Temple Thirunodithan Malai
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Nannilam Tirunageswaram
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Tiruvadhigai
Manikkamenivaradhar Temple
Thirumaandakuzhi
Brahmapuresar Temple
Sirkali
Tirukolaka Tirupungur
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Mayuranathar Temple
Mayiladuthurai
Tiruvambar Maakaalam Temple Agnipuriswarar Temple Karinateswarar Temple Manatunainatar temple Padikalitta Eeswarar Temple
Sivagurunathaswamy Temple
Sivapuram
Kumbakonam
Kabardeeshwarar Temple
Thiruvalanchuzhi
Kalyanasundaresar Temple
Tirunallur
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Virataneswarar Temple
Tirukkandiyur
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Virataneswarar Temple
Tirukkandiyur
Tirupundhuruti Tiruvalamposil
Notes
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. ^ Studies in history: Volume 10; Volume 5; Volume 10; Volume 5. Jawaharlal Nehru University. ^ Origin and early history of aivism in South India, page 179 ^ The guru tradition: voice of the guru, page 225 ^ a b Ten saints of India, page 35 ^ a b A short introduction to Saivism, page 223" ^ a b c Culter 1987, p. 50 ^ a b Cort 1998, p. 178 ^ a b c d Vasudevan 2003, pp. 109-110 ^ a b Zvelebil 1974, p. 191 ^ a b Cort 1998, p. 176 ^ Ghose 1996, p. 239 ^ a b Prentiss 1992, p. 140 ^ a b Prentiss 1992, p. 144 ^ "A comprehensive description of the 275 Shivastalams glorified by the Tevaram hymns" (http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/shivlist.html). templenet.com. Retrieved 11 January 2011. 15. ^ International review for the history of religions, Volumes 15-17. International Association for the History of Religions, CatchWord (Online service) 16. ^ a b Prentiss 1992, pp. 51-52
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Cutler, Norman (1987). Songs of experience: the poetics of Tamil devotion (http://books.google.com/books? id=veSItWingx8C&pg=PA4&dq=tevaram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gfX8TqSJo_1gAfEydSuAg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=tevaram&f=false). USA: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication-Data. ISBN 0-253-35334-3. Eliot, Charles. Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol II. (of 3) (http://books.google.com/books? id=K4ZpPleiyokC&pg=PA171&dq=tirumurai+criticism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pYUAT6rvJYKgtwe5zpDQBg&ved=0C FsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=tirumurai&f=false). Middlesex: Eco Library. ISBN 978-1-40686-296-6. Harman, William P. (1992), The sacred marriage of a Hindu goddess, Delhi: Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-159884-655-3. Khanna, Meenakshi (2007). Cultural History of Medieval India (http://books.google.com/books? id=ZbKv3zyIFD8C&pg=PA66&dq=tevaram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MrP7TtuiHsq2twedoK3QBg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg #v=onepage&q=tevaram&f=false). Delhi: Social Science Press. ISBN 978-8-18735-830-5. Prentiss, Karen Pechilis; Karen Pechilis (1999), The embodiment of bhakti, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-512813-3 . Vasudevan, Geetha (2003), The royal temple of Rajaraja: an instrument of imperial Cola power (http://books.google.com/books?id=O1b1N_Dx0jsC&pg=RA1-PA109&dq=tevaram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy3TsnyCIy5twfq64TQDQ&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=tevaram&f=false), New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, ISBN 81-7017-383-3 Zvelebil, Kamil (1974). A History of Indian literature Vol.10 (Tamil Literature) (http://books.google.com/books? id=OQ33i496MsIC&pg=PA130&dq=five+epics+of+tamil+literature&hl=en&ei=nZLmTrmaIsmXtwf1kaWfAg&sa =X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=five%20epics%20of%20tamil% 20literature&f=false). Otto Harrasowitz. ISBN 3-447-01582-9.
Further reading
Swamigal, Sundaramurthi. "tEvAram of cuntaramUrti cuvAmikaL tirumuRai 7, part 1 Poems (1-517)" (http://projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/pdf/pm0207.pdf). http://projectmadurai.org. Retrieved 2011-12-13. Swamigal, Sundaramurthi. "tEvAram of cuntaramUrti cuvAmikaL tirumuRai 7, part 2 Poems (518-1026)" (http://projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/pdf/pm0211.pdf). http://projectmadurai.org. Retrieved 2011-12-13. Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola Songs of the harsh devotee by David Dean Shulman The religion and philosophy of thevaram by M.A. Dorai Swamy Development of Religion in South India by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri Arupathu Moovar Kadhaigal by Durgadas S. K. Swamy (Prema Pirasuram publishers) Origin and early history of aivism in South India By Sadananda (Swami.) Ten saints of India By T. M. P. Mahadevan A short introduction to Saivism By Subodh Kapoor Songs of Sundararmoorthy Swamigal (http://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php? thiru=7&Song_idField=7001&padhi=001) Life of Sundaramoorthy Swamigal (http://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/nayanmar_view.php? nayan_idField=3) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sundarar&oldid=586488620" Categories: Nayanar saints This page was last modified on 17 December 2013 at 13:35. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
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