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The twelve volumes of hymns of the sixty-three Parts Name Author 1,2,3 Tirukadaikkappu 4,5,6 7 Tirupaatu 8 & Tirukkovaiyar 9 & Tiruppallaandu Various 10 11 Various 12 The Periya Puranam (: பெரிய‌ புராண‌ம்), that is, the great purana or epic, sometimes called Tiruttontarpuranam ('Tiru-Thondar-Puranam', the Purana of the Holy Devotees), is a poetic account depicting the lives of the sixty-three, the canonical poets of Tamil. It was compiled during the 12th century. It provides evidence of trade with West Asia The Periya Puranam is part of the corpus of Shaiva canonical works. Compiled and wrote the Periya Puranam or the Great Purana, (the life stories of the sixty-three, poets of the God ) who composed the liturgical poems of the, and was later himself canonised and the work became part of the sacred canon. Among all the hagiographic Puranas in, Sekkizhar's Tiruttondar Puranam or Periyapuranam, composed during the rule of Kulottunga Chola II (1133-1150) stands first.

Contents • • • • • Background [ ] Sekkizhar was a poet and the chief minister in the court of the King,. Kulottunga Chola II, king Anabaya Chola, was a staunch devotee of Lord Natraja at. He continued the reconstruction of the center of Tamil Saivism that was begun by his ancestors. However Kulottunga II was also enchanted by the courtly epic, an epic of erotic flavour ( sringara rasa) whose hero, Jivaka, combines heroics and erotics to marry eight damsels and gain a kingdom. In the end he realises the transiency of possessions, renounces his kingship and finally attains Nirvana by prolonged austerity ( tapas).

[ ] In order to wean Kulottunga Chola II from the heretical Jivaka Cintamani, Sekkizhar undertook the task of writing the Periyapuranam. [ ] Periyapuranam [ ] The study of Jivaka Cintamani by Kulottunga Chola II, deeply affected Sekkizhar who was very religious in nature. He exhorted the king to abandon the pursuit of impious erotic literature and turn instead to the life of the Saiva saints celebrated. The king thereupon invited Sekkizhar to expound the lives of the Saiva saints in a great poem.

As a minister of the state Sekkizhar had access to the lives of the saints and after he collected the data, he wrote the poem in the Thousand Pillared Hall of the temple. Success intermediate teachers book. Legend has it that the Lord himself provided Sekkizhar with the first feet of the first verse as a divine voice from the sky declaring 'உலகெலாம்' (ulakelam: All the world).

[ ] This work is considered the most important initiative of Kulottunga Chola II's reign. Although, it is only a literary embellishment of earlier hagiographies of the Saiva saints composed by and, it came to be seen as the epitome of high standards of the culture, because of the highest order of the literary style. [ ] The Periyapuranam is considered as a in and immediately took its place as the twelfth and the last book in the Saiva canon. It is considered as one of the masterpieces of the and worthily commemorates the Golden age of the. [ ] Significance [ ] All the saints mentioned in this epic poem are historical persons and not mythical. Therefore, this is a recorded history of the 63 Saiva saints called as (ldevotees of Lord Siva), who attain salvation by their unflinching devotion to.

The Nayanmars that he talks about belonged to different, different occupations and lived in different times. [ ] References [ ].

Puranam By Saint Manikka vasagar Translated by P.R.Ramachander (Manikka Vasagar was one of the four great Nayanmars (saivite saints ) of Tamil Nadu, who was great poet as well as great contributor to the SAivite philosophy. His collection of works is called Thiruvachakam. Due to the sweetness and greatness of this work, there is a proverb in Tamil which says, “Thiruvasagathukku urugaar, yebbasagathukkum Urugaar”( One who does not melt for Thiruvasagam will not melt for any literary work). The first prayer in THiruvasagam is the Puranam.

It was composed in a temple called Thiruperum thurai Unlike suggested by the name it is not the epic dealing with the stories of Shiva. In tamil Jeeva (the individual soul is called “ Cheevaa”. According to the philosophy of Saivism, the jeeva is prevented from the realization of God by three impurities (Anava(pride),, and Maya) and only approach to Shiva can remove these impurities. This Shiva puranam attempts to portray the jeeva towards Shiva and is aptly called “Shiva Puranam”, The famous English translation of Shiva Puranam by Mr.G.U.Pope (fondly called Popeiyer) is available in G.U.Pope’s translation.