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'Thirugnana Sambanthar' was a Saiva saint, who lived in the Pandya country in the ancient Tamil Nadu during the reign of Ninrasir Nedumaran (c.7th century CE). A New Pandya Record and the Dates of Nayanmars and Alvars Dr. R. Nagasamy Sambanthar, is one of the 63 Nayanars, Tamil Saiva Bhakti saints, who lived between the sixth and the tenth centuries CE. Sambanthar composed many hymns on Shiva, some of which were collected at a later date. These hymns form a part of the religious canon of Saivism. Sambandar was a contemporary of Appar, another Saiva saint.
Information about Sambandar come to us mainly from the ''Periyapuranam'', a eleventh century Tamil book on the Nayanars and the earlier ''Tiruttondartokai'', a similar book by Sundaramoorthy Nayanar.
Sambandar was born to Sivapada Hridayar and his wife Bhagavathiar who lived in the town of Seergazhi in Tamil Nadu. According to legends, when Sambandar was three years old, his parents took him to the Siva temple. There they left the child on the steps of the sacred pond and went in to do their ablations. Missing his parents, Sambandar started crying. The legends state that Siva and his consort Parvathi appeared before the child and the goddess nursed the child at her breast, giving the child divine qualities. Sambandar's first hymn ''Thoodudaiya Seviyan'' was supposed to have been composed at that young age.
As a wandering minstrel Sambandar sang several hymns and opposed the then prevalent Jain heterodoxy in the Tamil country and is credited with the conversion of the Pandya king from his Jain faith.Sambandar
The Tirumurais, the Tamil canonical literature of Saivism, contains the collected poems of the various Saiva saints. The first Tirumurai contains the 384 poems of Sambandar.
Sambandar died at the young age of of sixteen, soon after his marriage.
★ SIXTY-THREE NAYANAR SAINTS SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
'Thirugnana Sambanthar' was a Saiva saint, who lived in the Pandya country in the ancient Tamil Nadu during the reign of Ninrasir Nedumaran (c.7th century CE). A New Pandya Record and the Dates of Nayanmars and Alvars Dr. R. Nagasamy Sambanthar, is one of the 63 Nayanars, Tamil Saiva Bhakti saints, who lived between the sixth and the tenth centuries CE. Sambanthar composed many hymns on Shiva, some of which were collected at a later date. These hymns form a part of the religious canon of Saivism. Sambandar was a contemporary of Appar, another Saiva saint.
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His life
Information about Sambandar come to us mainly from the ''Periyapuranam'', a eleventh century Tamil book on the Nayanars and the earlier ''Tiruttondartokai'', a similar book by Sundaramoorthy Nayanar.
Sambandar was born to Sivapada Hridayar and his wife Bhagavathiar who lived in the town of Seergazhi in Tamil Nadu. According to legends, when Sambandar was three years old, his parents took him to the Siva temple. There they left the child on the steps of the sacred pond and went in to do their ablations. Missing his parents, Sambandar started crying. The legends state that Siva and his consort Parvathi appeared before the child and the goddess nursed the child at her breast, giving the child divine qualities. Sambandar's first hymn ''Thoodudaiya Seviyan'' was supposed to have been composed at that young age.
As a wandering minstrel Sambandar sang several hymns and opposed the then prevalent Jain heterodoxy in the Tamil country and is credited with the conversion of the Pandya king from his Jain faith.Sambandar
The Tirumurais, the Tamil canonical literature of Saivism, contains the collected poems of the various Saiva saints. The first Tirumurai contains the 384 poems of Sambandar.
Sambandar died at the young age of of sixteen, soon after his marriage.
Notes
References
★ SIXTY-THREE NAYANAR SAINTS SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
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