Contents • • • • • Chronology [ ] The dates of Tirumular's life are controversial, and because his work makes reference to so many currents of religious thought, the dates that different scholars assign are often appealed to for anchoring the relative chronology of other religious literature in. Verse 74 of the Tirumantiram makes the claim that Tirumular lived for 7 yuga before composing the Tirumantiram. Some are therefore inclined to place his composition well before the.

The scholar and lexicographer S. Vaiyapuripillai, however, suggested that he probably belonged to the beginning of the eighth-century CE, pointing out that Tirumular could not very well be placed earlier given that he appears to refer to the hymns of, and, that he used 'very late words' and that he made mention of the weekdays. Others wish to push the date still later: Dominic Goodall, for instance, appears to suggest, on the grounds of religious notions that appear in the work with labels for which a certain historical development can be traced in other datable works, that the Tirumantiram cannot be placed before the 11th- or 12th-century CED. Yet another view, alluded to for instance by Vaiyapuripillai ( ibid.), is that the text may contain an ancient core, but with 'a good number of interpolated stanzas' of later date. Whatever the case, allusions to works and ideas in the Tirumantiram cannot, at least for the moment, be used as useful indicators of their chronology. [ ] History [ ] SundaraNathar, as the saint is known, was a Yogi originally from Tenn Madurai (currently South Madurai - Tamil Nadu) who travelled to Mount Kailash and was initiated directly by Lord Sivan.

The Thirumantiram is a Tamil poetic work written in the fifth century by Thirumular and is the tenth of the twelve volumes of the Tirumurai, the key texts of Shaiva. Description: Ancient Tamil literature called “Thirumanthiram” by “Thirumoolar” Posted on the first day of the Tamil month “Thai”. This day marks Pongal Festival. Tirumular (Tamil:தி ல, also spelt Thirumoolar etc., originally known as Cuntaran ātar) was a Tamil Shaivite mystic. — Tamil version of Thirumanthiram. Moola Mandhiram 'Thirumoolar'. By Pasupathy, V. Publication date 1996.

After spending many years in Mount Kailash, he undertook a journey under the order of Lord Sivan to the south of Bharath continent called, Tamilakam, to meet his contemporary sage friend Agathiyar in Pothigai Hills (also called Pothiya Hills of ancient Tamil land). While on his way, near Sathanur Village (a village near Aaduthurai of Cauveri Delta area), he saw a group of cows crying. He went near to the cows, only to discover that their cowherd, Moolan was dead bitten by a snake. He was really touched by the sight of the cows that wept in sorrow and decided to used his yogic power and move his soul from his body to that of the dead cowherd's body. He left his body inside a tree log.

On waking up from the body of cowherd, the cows became happy and so he navigated them to the village. Then he returned to the place where he left his body, to return to his own body. To his surprise, his actual body had disappeared away from the tree log nowhere to be found. Plejlist edem tv.