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The Tiruttoṇṭar Tiruvantāti of Nampi Āṇṭār Nampi

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This paper presents an English translation from the original Tamil of the canonical Saivite hagiographical work, the Tiruttoṇṭar Tiruvantāti of Nampi Āṇṭār Nampi. The date of this work is disputed, but it was probably composed at some point between 870 and 1118 CE. This classical Tamil poem gives in summary form the lives of the sixty three Saivite saints of the sixth to ninth centuries known as the Nāyaṉmār, or Tiruttoṇṭar (“holy servants”, sc. of the Lord Siva). The paper also includes an Introduction, setting out the context of the poem and its place in the Saivite literary tradition from which the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy subsequently developed, and Notes which explain the mythological and other references which the poem contains.

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McGlashan, A.R. The Tiruttoṇṭar Tiruvantāti of Nampi Āṇṭār Nampi. J Indian Philos 37, 291–310 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-009-9069-9

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