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The Tirukkovaiyar (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a Shaivite work composed by Manikkavacakar.[1] Dated to the 9th century CE, the work is part of the 12-volume Tirumurai and, along with Thiruvasagam, is traditionally placed as the 8th volume of the work. The work is also known as the Thiruchitrambalakkovaiyar.
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Template:Thirumurai 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 the Tamil akam genre of poetry. The work was sung entirely in Nataraja 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]
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In 1921, an English translation of Manikkavacakar's hymns was done by Francis Kingsbury and GE Phillips, both of United Theological College, Bangalore (Edited by Fred Goodwill) and published in a book as Hymns of the Tamil Śaivite Saints, by the Oxford University Press [5]
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- ↑ Nāyakam, T. H. Aicak Cāmuvēl (1992). Pāratiyār kavitai nūlkaḷ kur̲itta āyvukaḷ: oru matippīṭu (in தமிழ்). 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. ISBN 978-0-7914-7245-3.
- ↑ B.S., Chandrababu; S., Ganeshram; C., Bhavani (2011). History of People and Their Environs. Bharathi Puthakalayam. p. 36. ISBN 9789380325910.
- ↑ Comeau, Leah Elizabeth (2020-03-19). Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-350-12290-1.
- ↑ Kingsbury, F (1921). Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints (1921) (PDF). Oxford University Press. pp. 84–127. Retrieved 8 July 2014.