The most respected shaivite scriptures in Thamizh the Thirumurais(1), were composed almost in the first millenium developed the in the Thamizh people the spiritual nourishment . Based on these holy texts and developed on the fertility they made in the thought process gave rise to many philosophers dwelving in the highly complex question of the Supreme, soul and surroundings and their inter-relationship. Among them four are quite significant and are referred to as Sandhanak Kuravarkal. The texts which are explanatory/commentory texts of shiava sidhdhantha, that were written in this period of 12th to 14th century are called Santhana Noolkal or Meykanda NoolkaL. While the rest of the thirumuRais are singing the glory of Lord shiva, the Tenth Thirumurai Thirumanthiram(2) is the one that deals in detail about the philosophy and yoga. These santhAna texts are absolutely dedicated for philosophical discussions. These texts analyse the various factors, logics and experiances, refute and support the various philosophies on the ground of raising and answering questions. These are excellent food for thought and are Shaiva sidhdhanthic phil osophical tutorials. May the Nameless, Formless Supreme pashupati, Which transcedes everything bless us, the seekers !!
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It is said that this shaivite philosopher came from the north of bharath to rAmEshwaram to bathe in the sea. On his way back he came to thiruviyalUr. There a devotee by name ALudaiya dhEva n^AyanAr approached him to become his disciple. Blessing him uyya van^dha dhEvar composed thiruvun^dhiyAr, which is one of the san^thAna texts (1). Later he returned back to north. This is one story about him, but there are no evidences for the same. The style of his work thiruvun^dhiyAr has some resemblence with the style of thiruman^dhiram and is in the old thamiz literature style. The time thiruvun^dhiyAr was written is said to be 1147 A.C.E.
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