Tirukkovaiyar
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TheTirukkovaiyar(Tamil:திருக்கோவையார்,romanized:Tirukkōvaiyār) is aShaivitework composed byManikkavacakar.[1]Dated to the 9th century CE, the work is part of the 12-volumeTirumuraiand, along withThiruvasagam,is traditionally placed as the 8th volume of the work. The work is also known as theThiruchitrambalakkovaiyar.
Description[edit]
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| The twelve volumes ofTamilŚaivahymns of the sixty-threeNayanars | ||
| Parts | Name | Author |
| 1,2,3 | Thirukadaikkappu | Sambandar |
| 4,5,6 | Thevaram | Thirunavukkarasar |
| 7 | Thirupaatu | Sundarar |
| 8 | Thiruvasakam& Thirukkovaiyar |
Manickavasagar |
| 9 | Thiruvisaippa& Tiruppallaandu |
Various |
| 10 | Thirumandhiram | Thirumular |
| 11 | Various | |
| 12 | Periya Puranam | Sekkizhar |
| Paadal Petra Sthalam | ||
| Paadal Petra Sthalam | ||
| Rajaraja I | ||
| Nambiyandar Nambi | ||
Known as "Aranam" among Shaivite scholars, which translates to "Vedas,"the work consists of 400 verses.[2]The work is divided into 25 chapters. On a superficial view, the work may appear as part of theTamilakamgenre of poetry. The work was sung entirely inNataraja Temple, Chidambaram.[3]In the work, Shiva is associated with the golden hall of the temple, where the deity is believed to perform his cosmic dance called the tandava.[4]
Translations[edit]
In 1921, an English translation of Manikkavacakar's hymns was done by Francis Kingsbury and GE Phillips, both ofUnited Theological College, Bangalore(Edited byFred Goodwill) and published in a book as Hymns of the Tamil Śaivite Saints, by the Oxford University Press[5]
References[edit]
- ^Nāyakam, T. H. Aicak Cāmuvēl (1992).Pāratiyār kavitai nūlkaḷ kur̲itta āyvukaḷ: oru matippīṭu(in Tamil). T.H. Aicak Cāmuvēl Nāyakam. p. 170.
- ^Selby, Martha Ann; Peterson, Indira Viswanathan (2008-05-22).Tamil Geographies: Cultural Constructions of Space and Place in South India.SUNY Press. p. 56.ISBN978-0-7914-7245-3.
- ^B.S., Chandrababu; S., Ganeshram; C., Bhavani (2011).History of People and Their Environs.Bharathi Puthakalayam. p. 36.ISBN9789380325910.
- ^Comeau, Leah Elizabeth (2020-03-19).Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World.Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 92.ISBN978-1-350-12290-1.
- ^Kingsbury, F (1921).Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints (1921)(PDF).Oxford University Press. pp. 84–127.Retrieved8 July2014.