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Source: Google Books: Obtaining Grace: Locating the Origins of a Tamil Saiva PreceptThe Tamil Śaiva Siddhāntins; a group of profilic theologians who wrote fourteen principal treatises on the nature of Śiva and of the osul beginning in the 12th century CE. The Tamil Siddhāntins decreased the role of ritual that was central in Kashmiri Śaivism, claiming proper knowledge was sufficient to achieve liberation.
The Tamil Siddāntins also considered the Śaiva nāyaṉmār (poet-saints) as members of their Tamil Śaiva lineage; and in doing so, they accepted that devotion, too, was sufficient for liberation (in combination with proper knowledge of course).
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
The various sects of Shaivism < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 1 - Nature Mysticism < [Volume 4.2.1 - Philosophy of Nature]
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Basis of advaita < [Chapter 5 - Concept of Advatia]
Interpretations of the Mahavakyas by Umapati Shivam < [Chapter 5 - Concept of Advatia]
Works by Earlier Shaiva Siddhanta Teachers < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Siddhanta Sangraha of Sri Sailacharya (by E. Sowmya Narayanan)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - The Literature and History of Southern Śaivism < [Chapter XXXIV - Literature of Southern Śaivism]
Part 1 - History and Literature of Vīra-śaivism < [Chapter XXXV - Vīra-śaivism]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
Mimamsa interpretation of Vedic Injunctions (Vidhi) (by Shreebas Debnath)
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