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प्रश्न
What do you know about Tirumurai?
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उत्तर
There are 63 legendary Nayanmars. Among them, Gnanasampandar, Appar, and Sundarar (often called “the trio”) are worshipped as saints through their images in South Indian temples. Nambi Andar Nambi (1000 A.D.) is said to have compiled the songs of all of the Nayanmars that form the basis of Tirumurai, the basic Tamil Saivite sacred canon. It consists of 12 books, and 11 of them were assembled by Nambi. The 12th book is Sekkizhar’s Periyapuranam.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The basic Tamil Saivite sacred canon consists of 12 books.
How many Nayanmars were there and who were prominent among them?
The Azhwars and the Nayanmars composed devotional hymns in ______ language.
______ is said to have found Andal as a baby in the tulsi garden at Srivilliputhur.
Nammazhwar’s fame lies in his 1,102-stanza ______.
______ collected the 4,000 poems of Nammazhwar.
Name the three Muthal Azhwars.
Name any five eminent Azhwars other than the Muthal Azhwar.
Find out the right pair/pairs.
1. SivaBhakti – Saivites
2. Andal – Tirumurai
3. Kabir – Bijak
4. Kachera – Dagger
Match the following:
| A | B | ||
| 1. | Azhwars | a. | Advaita |
| 2. | Nayanmars | b. | Adira temple |
| 3. | Adi Shankara | c. | Vishnu Bhakti |
| 4. | Ramanujar | d. | 63 members |
| 5. | Sufis | e. | vishistadvaita |
