A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Tirumular
This page describes Tirumular which is located on page 408 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Tirumular” according to 3 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Nayanar 30: Tirumular (Thirumoolar) or Tirumula. The 30th saint is Tirumula Nayanar [Tirumular or Thirumoolar]. The words of Arurar are, “Nampiran Tirumulanatiyarkkuin atiyen”—“I am the servant of the servants of our patron and Lord Tirumulan”. Whilst Arurar describes Campantar as Empiran, the patron and Lord of his line of school, he describes Tirumular as Nampiran, ‘the Lord of us all . The great work of this saint, the quintessence of Agamas and Yoga—Tirumantiram— is available....
Read full contents: Nayanar 30: Tirumular (Thirumoolar) or Tirumula
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) [by N. Veerappan]
Tirumular attaches equal importance to both of them in addition to explaining the different features of the two works. If the Vedic doctrines are interpreted in the light of the agamic principles, there is no difference between the two literatures. There are twenty eight Shivagamas that are recognized by Shaiva Siddhanta. Kamika is considered as most important among them. The agama literature is available in Sanskrit. The devotional works of Shaiva saints are in Tamil....
Read full contents: Works by Earlier Shaiva Siddhanta Teachers
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
In the tenth book we find again some hymns of Tirumular. A part of the eleventh book contains mythological legends which form the groundwork of Periya-purana, the basis of the most important Tamil legends of the Tamil saints. The book was completed by the eleventh century. The Shaiva-siddhanta school sprang forth as a school of Shaivism in the thirteenth century with Meykandadeva and his pupils Arulnanti and Umapati....
Read full contents: Part 1 - The Literature and History of Southern Shaivism
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