Appar: 5 definitions
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Appar means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 ADAppar.—One of the four Nālvar.—Appar is depicted as an aged man wearing the rudrakṣamāla around his head.

Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Google Books: 101 Mystics of IndiaAppar (Tirunavukkarasu) (7th Century A.D.)—Appar or Tirunavukkarasu was one of the four famous Saivite saints, known as Nālwar, the other three being Sundarar, Tirujnanasambandhar and Manikkavachakar. The name Appar was affectionately conferred on him by Sambandhar when they first met. Appar’s dcevotion to God was that of a servant, while Sundarar treated God like a friend, Manikkavachakar like a lover and Sambandhar like a father. Appar was born in 600 A.D. in Tiruvamur, a village in the south Arcot district of Tamil Nadu.
India history and geography
Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and SagesAppar (அப்பர்) is another name for Tirunavukkarasar—one of the Siddhars (Siddhas) and Rishis mentioned by Rangarasa Desiga Swamigal in his Siddhargal Potri Thoguppu. Each name in the list starts with prefix ‘Om’ followed by the Siddhar’s names and ends with refrain ‘Thiruvadigal Potri’. For example for Appar: ஓம் திருநாவுக்கரசர் திருவடிகள் போற்றி [ōm tirunāvukkaracar tiruvaṭikaḷ pōṟṟi].—These Siddhas experienced union with the ultimate reality and witnessed a spiritual transformation of their intellectual, mental, vital and ultimately, physical bodies.
Source: Wikipedia: India HistoryAppar (also Tirunavukkaracar) was a seventh-century Tamil Shaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Shaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime between 570 and 650 CE. Appar composed 4,900 devotional hymns to the god Shiva, out of which 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 an older contemporary of Sambandar. [...] Appar later served as the head of a Jain monastery. After he returned to Shaivism and began composing devotional hymns to Shiva, he has been historically referred to as Appar (lit. "father"), after the child poet-saint Sambandar lovingly called him Appar.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconAppar (அப்பர்) noun
1. Ram, he-goat; ஆணாடு உதளு மப்பரும் . . . யாட்டின்கண்ணே [anadu uthalu mapparum . . . yattinkanne] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 602).
2. Male monkey; ஆண்குரங்கு. [ankurangu.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 602, உரை. [urai.])
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Appar (அப்பர்) noun < அப்பன். [appan.] Tirunāvukkaracu Nāyaṉār, one of the three celebrated authors of the Tēvāram. See திருநாவுக்கரசு நாயனார். [thirunavukkarasu nayanar.] (பெரியபுராணம் திருஞான. [periyapuranam thirugnana.] 495.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Aparupa, Appara, Apparajakkha, Apparajakkhajatika, Apparajakkhata, Apparicatta, Apparisu, Apparivadiya, Apparulhaharita.
Full-text (+1): Thevaram, Tirunavukkarasar, Camayacariyar, Dharmasena, Marulnikkiyar, Dharmasenar, Tarumacenar, Irayappar, Nalvar-nanmanimalai, Atankanmurai, Nayaṉmar, Muvar, Venkataraman, Cataiyappan, Mercel, Nalvar, Valaittuvai, Taruku, Bhakti, Manikkavacakar.
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Search found 22 books and stories containing Appar; (plurals include: Appars). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
South-Indian Horizons (by Jean-Luc Chevillard)
Chapter 2 - The Position of Saint Appar in Tamil Śaivism < [Section 1 - Studies in Devotional, Contemporary, Classical and Folk Literatures]
Chapter 1 - Mad Śiva and his Tamil devotees in Tēvāram [trl] < [Section 1 - Studies in Devotional, Contemporary, Classical and Folk Literatures]
Chapter 5 - Śaiva religion and the performing arts in a Tamil Novel < [Section 1 - Studies in Devotional, Contemporary, Classical and Folk Literatures]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Nayanar 21: Appar (Tirunavukkarasar) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Nayanar 25: Apputhi Adigal (Apputiyatikal) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Chapter 3 - The Problem of Numbers < [Volume 1 - Nampi Arurar’s Tevaram (his life and age)]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Sirkali < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]
Temples in Tirusattimuttam (Rajarajapuram) < [Chapter X - Temples of Rajadhjraja II’s Time]
Temples in Melaperumballam < [Chapter IV - Temples of Vikrama Chola’s Time]
Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Verse 2157: Nada Peaks in Turiya or Fourth State < [Tantra Eight (ettam tantiram) (verses 2122-2648)]
Verse 2271: Beyond Tattvas is Divine Bliss < [Tantra Eight (ettam tantiram) (verses 2122-2648)]
Verse 576: Inhale 12 Matras; Retain 4 Matras < [Tantra Three (munran tantiram) (verses 549-883)]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tirnmiyachchur < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Uttama Chola’s Time]
Temples in Tiruppappuliyur (Cuddalore N.T.) < [Chapter X - Historical Survey]
Temples in Tiruppugalur < [Chapter X - Historical Survey]
Ananda Coomaraswamy and the Tamil < [July – September, 1980]
Two Hymns from Saint Appar < [March-April 1933]
The Song World in Tamil: A Glimpse < [Jul-Aug-Sept 1940]
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