Thirumooler mathematics and science about seed of life

Thiruchitrambalam

Thirumooler mathematics and science about seed of life

You may know the algeebra formula (a+b)² = a²+b²+2ab

lets see the mathematics of thirumooler

"kanakarinthaarkkandri kaanavonaathu
kanakarinthaark kandri kaikoodaak kaatchi"

if you see the meaning of above song you can understand the truth about panchachara we said before

Lets see the calculation of seevan (soul) said by thirumooler

"vinduvum naathamum okka vizhunthidil
vinduvum naathamum mokka viraiya thaam
vinthir kurainthidu naathamezhuinthidil
vinthuvai enmadi kondathu veesamey"


That is : If semen and its counter part in woman are equal in quantity
they form the seed of life. to calculate the amount of "naatham"-ie.The counter part of
arrived at the formula(from his calculation) 1/16/8 = 1/16 * 1/8.

As said above 1/16 * 1/8 is volume of naatha created from semen as according to
thirumooler half is seed in that

"virinthathu utkatta ettetumaagil" that is 1/16 * 1/8 * (8)² its thirumooler calculation

According to that statement naatha is half of semen (1/2).

1/16 * 1/8 * (8)² = 1/16 * 1/8 * 8 * 8 = 1/2

as said above thirumooler calculation ratio 1/2 semen + 1/2 naatha = one seed forms

This is the thirumooler naatha seed formula.

Also he describes on another song:

"Meviya seevan enbathu solidil
kovin mayirondru noorudan koorittu
meviya kooruthu vayiramaanaal
aaviyin kooru nooraayirath thondrey"

That is to investigate the shape of life
Divide one hair of the cow into a
hundred parts ie. first division.
to be divided by 100 ie. 1/1*100
further dividing the above quantity by 1000 we have (1/1*100)/100
i.e 1/100000


As per first song we have seen the fraction of 1/6
now we have seen that 1/16 = 1/100000
lets now see how it expands as eight multiple table

Lets see how much 1/100000 are in 1/16
and keep that value as 'X'
X = X, X 100000/16 = 1/16

that is X = 100000/16 = 6250

second thing we seen above is (1/16*1/8) 8*8 = 1/2

this 1/2 = 6250 * X = 1/2
that is X = 1/2 * 1/6250 =1/12500
finally 12500 * X = 100000

that is X = 100000/12500 = 8

that is the thirumooler song importance about eight where he describes about 8
this is Agaram. seemen eight times is Ugaram.
that is the Agara-Ugara Philosohpy

This is what agamas and vedhas describes

The value of '1' follows
i) Taken on one unit
ii) Divide one hair of cow into 100 parts
iii) If divided its 1000 that is (2)²(divide the above quantity)
iv) We have [1/1000] / 1*100
1/10000 i.e [2(2)²]
Total value =2(2)²*(2)²*2*1 = 8*8 or 8²

From this thirumooler viewed the size of seevan (soul) below follows:
Absolute ie 1/1000000 or .00001

According to that five elements volumes and measure is mention below:

No Earth Water Fire Air Ether Total
1 .0000009 .00000108 .00000072 .00000054 .00000036 .0000036
2 .0000009 .00000108 .00000072 .00000054 .00000036 .0000036
3 .00000045 .00000054 .00000036 .00000027 .00000018 .0000018
4 .000000225 .00000027 .00000018 .000000135 .00000009 .0000009
5 .000000025 .00000003 .00000002 .000000015 .00000001 .0000001

.0000025 .000003 .000002 .0000015 .000001 .00001


As per thirumooler song "meviya seevan vadivathu sollil" described seed of life
and its measurement you can check from that above table.

see how wonderfull and accurate he have found the science and calculation
with his gnana.Even its challenge for today scientist.

Absolute god's three are main importants mixes giving to human from single breath
those three are surya kala , chandra kala and agni kala those are measured from its rays.

Old greeks and romanians belived that there are only four element in entire universe
they are Earth, Fire, Air, And Water. Before they find out our thirumooler and other
siddhars had written about fifth element that is 'ether' includes with earth, water, air and fire.

Lets see about surya kala , chandra kala and agni kala which thirumooler written on his 2nd chapter

1. agni kala is = shushma naadi that is naadi which reaches eyebrow point
2. surya kala is = pingala naadi that is naadi which runs on right nostril breath
3. Chandra kala is = eda naadi that is left nostril breath

suraya naadi breath out 16 kalas
chandira naadi breath out 12 kalas
shushma naadi breath out 8 kalas.

Thiruchitrambalam

Adiyaarku adiyen (i am servitor to all the shiva servitor)

Ganapathy songs, poems, mantras, sthuthi

Let may ganapathi bless everybody with good health, peace, money and remove all the vignas and make all the good work to sucess
Aum namashivaya
List of ganapathi songs , poems, mantra sunged by great saints which is belived to recited for specific purposes follows:

Thirumooler-To have good taught :
ஐந்து கரத்தனை யானை முகத்தனை
இந்தின் இளம்பிறை போலும் எயிற்றனை
நந்தி மகன்தனை ஞானக் கொழுந்தினைப்
புந்தியில் வைத்தடி போற்றுகின் றேனே.

aindhu karaththanai yanai mukaththanai
indhin ilampirai polum eyitraanai
nandhi makanthanai nyanak kozhundhinai
pundhiyil vaiththadi potrukinerene.

Avvaiyaar - To get educational knowledge:
"paalum theli thenum,paahum paruppum,
iavai naalum kalandhunaaku- naan tharuven.
kolanjei-thunga karimuhaththu
thoomanye nee yenakku sangath thamizh moondrum thaa"

Sekkizhar - To get writers knowledge:
"edukkum markkathai inthamizh cheyyulay
nadakkummenmai namakkarul seythidath
thadakkai ainthuthaith thazchevi ninmugak
katakkaliranaik karuththuL iruththuvom."


Kapila deva nayanar- To get single concentration :
"yanai mukaththan poruvidaiyan cheyazakar
mana manivannan mamarukan - melnikazhum
vellak kumizi mathaththu vinayakan en
ullak karuththin ulan".


Arunagiri anthathi- To get intelgence and talent:
Sitthi tharum buddhitharum, senthiruvaich servikkum
bhakthitharum meygnanam balikungch-kotthi
arimukanaik kaayantha varunesar thantha
karimukanaik kaithozhunthak kaal

Pulanthiran thuthu - To learn arts(vithaigal) :
Athi muganthaaney aranaar thirumaganey
sathiyin puthiraney sarintha vayitroney
mukthi alikindra murukarku moothoney
vithai enakarulum velavaarkku moothoney

Viruthachala puranam- To get all the goodness :
Thiruvum kalviyum seerom thazhaikavum
karunai pookavum thimaiyai pokkavum
paruvamai namathullam pazhukavum
perukam azhaithu pillaiyai penuvom


Thiruviratai manimalai- To get help:
Kaliyaanai kandrai ganapathiyai kempon
oliyaanaip parorkku udavum aliyaanaik
kannuvathungh kaithalangal koopuvathum
matravanraal naanuvathum naalor kadan

Arunagirinathar- To get married:
kaiththala niraikani appamodu avalpori
kappiya karimugan adi peni
katridum adiyavar buddhiyiluraibava
karpagam enavinai kadidhegum
maththamum madhiyamum vaiththidum aranmagan
marporu thiraL puya madhayaanai
maththaLa vayitranai uththami pudhalvanai
mattavizh malar kodu panivene
muththamizh adaivinai murpadu girithanil
murpada ezhudhiya mudhalvone
muppuram eriseydha acchivan urairatham
acchadhu podiseydha athidheeraa
aththuyar adhukodu subramani padum
appunam adhanidai ibamaagi
akkura magaludan acchiru muruganai
akkaNam maNamaruL perumaale

Thiruvarutpa -To remove death or yama fear:
ottrai maruppum orirandu kaithalamum
vetri punaintha vizhimundrumum - petrathoru
thandaikaal varanathaith thanmanathil eppozhuthum
kondaikaal vaarathu kuttru

Thiruviratai manimalai-To remove bad and negative effects:
Vinayaganey vevinaiyai verarukka vallan
vinayaganey vetkai thanivippan - vinayaganey
vinnukum mannukum naathanumaam thanmainai
kanneer panimin kaninthu

Vinayagar thuthi-To remove bad karma:
Vellaik komban vinayakanai thozhu
thulliyodum thodarntha vinaikaley
appam mupazham amuthu seitharuliya
thoppai appanai thozhu vinai arumey

Vinayagar sapthakam - To have good life:
Vaanodu neerum valiyum theeyum
vaiyagam yaavum un vadivey
maanida vaazhavai magizhurach seivaai
mangalap poruley gananaatha

mumanikovai- To get peace:
mozhiyin maraimuthaley munayanath therey
kazhiyavarum poruley kanney sezhiya
kaalalayeney engal ganapathiye ninai
aalayaney suzhatheen anbu

Thiruviratai manimalai- To become famous and better in life:
Thiruvaakum seikarumamum kaikootum senchol
peruvaakkum pidum perukkam uruvaakkum
athalaal vaanorum aanaimugathaanai
kaathalal kupuvar kai

Thiruvarutpa - To get guru bliss and god bliss:
Thiruvungh kalviyunj serunj sirapum unn
thiruvadi pugazh paadum thiramum nal
uruvum seelamum ookamum thaazvura
unarvum thanthenathu ullath thamarthava
guruvum theivamumagi anbaalar tham
kurai thavirkum gunaperung kundramey
veruvum sinthai vilaka gajananam
vilangum sitthi vinayaga vallaley



Vinayagar Agaval
(Blank poem on Vinayagar)
By
Saint poet Avaiyar
Transliteration By
Elango Kadhirvel
Translation
P.R.Ramachander


(Avaiyar (meaning a very Old mother) was one of the very great women poets of ancient Tamil Nadu. (In Telugu even today mother is called Avva) Apart from being a great poet, she played a very great role in the politics of those days; by making the great kings obey her. There are many references to her being a great Devotee of Lord Subrahmanya. Historians are of the opinion that there were, more than one lady poet who called herself as Avaiyar. One such poet existed before the birth of Christ. This poet was a great story teller and social reformer. The next Avaiyar lived in the fourteenth centaury. Her well known work is AthiChoodi, which was written foer easy learning by Tamil Children. It is interesting to note that even today; AthiChoodi shows the simple path to live well, for all children. Vinayagar Agaval is another one of her great works.

Agaval means blank poetry and it is a song addressed to Lord Ganapathy. He is addressed as Vinayagar (he who removes obstacles) or Pillayar in Tamil. This prayer is an extremely popular one in Tamil Nadu. It clearly brings out the mastery of Avaiyar in the Yoga, thathric practices and Saivism, possibly derived from the contribution of Sidhas in Tamil Nadu and the Tamil Nadu Saivism.I have taken the liberty of understanding this great work based on the English translation of Mr.Layne little

Seetha kallabha chenthamaraippum,
Paatha chilambhu pala isai paada,
Pon araijnanum, poonthugil aadaiyum,
Vanna marungil valarindu azhakerippa,
Pezhai vayirum, perum paara kodum,
Vezha mukhamum, vilangu chindooramum,
Anju karamum , angusa paasamum,
Nenjir kudi konda neela meniyum,
Naandra vaayum, naaliru puyamum,
Moondru kannum, mummatha chuvadum,
Irandu cheviyum, ilangu Pon mudiyum,
Thiranda muppiri nool thigazh Oli maarbum,
Chor padam kadantha thuriya mey jnanam,
Arpudham nindra karpaga kallire

While the anklets on the cool sandal anointed feet
Which has the color of the red hibiscus flower,
Sings various songs, while the golden waist belt,
And his clothes as soft as flower,
Shine in pretty and beautiful colors of the rainbow,
While his box like paunch, weighty tusks
Elephant like face, the saffron dot applied on it,
Five hands and the goad and rope that he has,
His blue body which attracted our mind,
Hanging mouth, his four sets of shoulders,
His three eyes, three trails of his feet’s,
His two ears, his shining golden hair,
His glowing broad chest wearing the holy thread,
His divine knowledge of Thuriya, his mastery over words,
Stood in awe at the wish giving elephant.

Muppazham nugarum Mooshiga vahana,
Ippothu yennai aat kolla vendi,
Thayay yenakku, thaan yezhundaruli,
Mayaa piravi, mayakkam aruthu,
Thirundhiya mudal aindu ezhthum thelivaay,
Porundave vanthu yen ullam thannil pugundhu,
Guru Vadivagi, kuvalayam thannil,
Thiruvadi vaithu thiramidhu porul yena,
Vaadaa vagaithaan magizhndena karuli,

OH god who rides on an elephant and eats three fruits,
Now for taking me and making me yours,
You come in the shape of my mother,
Cut off the trance like feeling of this illusory birth,
Make clear to my mind the meaning of the
Five lettered Namasivaya, enter then in to my mind,
Step in to this world in the form of a teacher in this world of ours,
And tell me with happiness that this is its real meaning

Kodaayudathaal Peru (kodu) vinai kallainthe,
Uvatta upadesam pugatti yen cheviyil,
Thevittatha jnana thelivaiyum kaatti,
Iym pulan thannai adakkum upaayam,
Inburu karunaiyin inithena kkaruli

After removing my great fate by the weapon of his tusk,
After giving me very sweet and not boring advices in my ears,
After showing sweetest clarity in the case of Jnana,
After teaching me the trick to control my five senses,
After sweetly telling me about mercy which gives happiness,

Karuvigal odukkum karuthinai arivithu,
Iru vinai thannai aruthu irul kadinthu,
Thalamoru nangum thandu yenakku aruli,
Malam oru moondrin mayakka maruthe,
Onbathu vayil oru mandhirathaal,
Iym pula kathavai adaippathum kaatti,
Aaraathaarathu angula nilaiyum,
Pera niruthi pechurai aruthe,
Idai pingalaiyin ezhuthu arivithu

After teaching me the knowledge of subjugating the senses,
After cutting of this birth as well the next and removing darkness,
After granting me mercifully the four stages of salvation,
After cutting off the trance created by the three types of ignorance,
After showing me how by one chant the five senses
Can be controlled and the nine gates of the body closed,
After teaching me how to control the chakras of the body using the goad,
After cutting off talk and making me stand firm,
After teaching me the alphabets of Ida and Pingala Nadi,

Kadayir chuzhu munai kapaalamum kaatti,
Moondru mandalthin mootiya thoonin,
Nandrezhu pambin navil unarthi,
Kundali adanir koodiya asabai,
Vindezhu mandiram velippada uraithu,
Mooladharathu moondezhu kanalai,
Kaalal ezhuppum karuthu arivithe,
Amudha nilaiyum aadithan iyakkamum,
Kumuda sagaayan gunathaiyum koori,
Idai chakkarathin eerettu nilaiyum,
Udar chakkarathin urappayum kaati,
Chanmuga thoolamum , chatur mukha sookshmamum,
Yen mugamaaga indhenakkaruli

After showing that the end of circle’s edge is in the head,
After making me realize that the snake keeps on hanging,
On the pillar that is at the junction of three realms,
After showing the silence at the junction of Kundalini,
After clearly telling me the chant to waken it up,
After pointing out the raging fire in the Mooladhara,
After telling me the idea of waking it up,
After telling me about the deathless state and the position of the Sun,
After telling me about properties of moon, the helper of lotus,
After teaching me the sixteen positions of the intermediate Chakra,
After showing me the position of wheels in the body,
After sweetly teaching me , the secret of Shanmuga,
And the principle behind the subtle four faces,

Puriyatta kaayam pulappada yenakku,
Theriyettu nilaiyum derisana paduthi,
Karuthinir kapaala vaayil kaatti,
Iruthi mukthi inithenakku aruli,
Yennai arivithu, yenakkarul cheydhu,
Munnai vinaiyin mudalai kalainthu,
Vaakkum manamum illa manolayam,
Thekkiye yendan chindhai thelivithu,
Irul veli irandukku ondridam yenna,

After making it clear about the eight subtle principles,
And making me see the real meaning of them,
After showing in my mind the gateway to the skull,
After telling me that the salvation is sweet,
After informing me, after showering his grace on me,
After removing the assets earned in the previous births,
After showing me the mental state where mind and words are absent,
After awakening my mind which was asleep,
After showing me the places of light and darkness in me,

Arul tharum aanandathu azhuthi yen cheviyil,
Yellai illa Aanandham allithu,
Allal kalainthe, Arul vazhi kaatti,
Sathathinulle Saada Shivam kaatti,
Chithathinulle Shiva Lingam kaatti,
Anuvirkku anuvaai appaalukku appaalaai,
Kanu muthi nindra karumbulle kaatti,
Vedamum neerum vilanga niruthi,
Koodumey thondar kuzhaathudan kooti,
Ancha karathin Arul porul thannai,
Nenja karuthin nilai arivithu,
Thathuva nilayai thanthu yenai aanda,
Vithaga vinayaga virai kazhal charane.

After giving me limitless happiness by pressing me down in ecstasy in my ear,
After removing all problems, after showing me the way of grace,
After showing lord Shiva in the sound “Om”,
After pointing out the Shiva Linga within my mind,
After showing atom within atom and distance beyond distance,
In the joints of the well ripened sugar cane like body,
After clarifying the role of Vedas and sacred ash.
After making me one with the crowd of realized devotees,
After pointing out the principle of five letters “Namashivaya”,
After showing me the state of my mind,
After giving me the philosophic state and after ruling me,
My wise Vinayaka ruled me and I seek refuge in his feet.

Basic Saiva Siddhantham Philosophy

sitham = mind or knowledge, siddi = accomplishment or sucess, siddhar = who know the truth of mind, antham = end,
siddhantham = end of mind ( that is its the final most stage or level of all siddha).
Saiva siddhantha principal:
1)Mupporul unmai (three meaning truths) - pathi, pasu and paasam.
2)Monnru alavai
3)pancha bootham(5 element)
4)Karma
5)Satkarya vadham
6)Maya
7)Mukthi

Indus valley civilization is the known historical orgin, connected to sivan (thirumooler), religion which worships sivan as ultimate god,practical all over indian subcontinent and world, spread its roots and established its growth in tamilnadu, the most ancient religion of indian subcontinet.
Evidence of siva worship in the south america, middle east and south-eastern countries - malaysia , vietnam, cambodia , thailand, indonesia , egypt.
In india Saivam is practised as follows:
Nepal: lagulisa pasupatham.
Kashmir:prathhiya pingchai.
Gujarat and maharashtra: sivadivita saivam
Karnatka: veerasaivam

saiva siddhantham accepts vedha but its based on 28 agamas,tholkappiyum, sangam litrature, thirukural and 12 thirumurais.
Original works of saiva siddhantham are available in 14 sattirangal they are sivagnana bhodham by meykandar, arulnandhi sivam , maraignana sambhandhar and umapathy sivam.

Pathi is god (para sivam + para shakthi or simply shivam)
1)Chittu porul ( pure knowledge)
2)Performance of five deeds (pacha kirthyam): blessing, concealing, creating, sustaining, destroying
3)Three types of divine bodies: form (uruvum)-any shiva form,formless(aruvam),both

merged(aruvurvam)-lingam.
4)Confluence of karma and life-All deeds of souls will be rewarded/punished
5)salvation(Mukthi)-when the soul realise "pathi", it attains salvation
6)Has eight characteristics- self existence, essential purity,intuitive wisdom, infinite intelligence, essential freedom from all bonds,infinite grace, infinite enjoyment, omnipotence.

Souls are a distinct real entity
Souls are also eternal like pathi but quite diffrent
Souls are normally tied by pasam (the bondage)
Souls can be liberated only with pathi's help
Souls will be never be destroyed - even while the entire universe is destroyed.
Souls are always (until after salvation) involved in birth-death -birth cycle
All living things including plants and animals have souls

Tri(3) malams(bondage)
1) anava - an inherent darkness attached to each soul
2) kanma - deeds and their result
3) maaya - a pure form of energy from which "pathi" creates this universe (that includes our bodies)

When soul has only 'anava', its said to be in a 'unitary' (kvala avathai) state
When soul has all three 'malas' its in ordinary state( sakala avathai)
When soul get rid of all three 'malas', it attains a pure state (suddha avathai)

This is non sentient energy.
With this god creates the world.
Maya transforms as the bodies of the living beins.
Hence, the whole world is reffered to as 'mayakaryam'
Maya helps life like a lamp.
Life gets exposed to knowledge through body and the worldly association.
Therefore, Its called 'om thalai" by sambandhar.
"Maya yanthira thanu" - sivagnana bodham.
Saiva siddhantham speaks highly of maaya.
God creates words with suddha maaya.
With asuddha maaya, siva creates the time and other rules.
Prakriti maaya is used to create the material world (universe)
Pathi pasu and paasam are three real eternal entities.
Pasu and pasam are not created by god, but controlled by him.
pasu (soul) is always under bondage.
pathi perfroms five (not three) duties to provide salvation.
Pathi ( siva) is pure knowledge and infinite love.

Adiyaar Manikkavasagar

Manikkavasagar

Manikkavasagar, hearing this name the devotees just think of the love that is pure and no limits set, taking the human form with its expression of tears continuously budding on the lotus face expressing the softness of the heart, the words that were not coined but dragged out in the flood of love that emerges from a broken dam on seeing the Dancing lord. He inspired the spirits of the people of the thamiz speaking land very deeply to experience by loving the sweetness of the Unexplorable Supreme. This great saint who developed the spiritual and religious upliftment is revered as one of the four samayak kuravar (religious guides). manikavasagar

In the paNdiya kingdom which was ruled by the great God Himself as raja saundhara pandiyan, near the capital madhurai is the town thiruvadhavur were this great one was born. By the time he was sixteen years old he had well learnt, mastering in the philosophies and the scriptures. He outstood in the love for lord shiva and service to His devotees. The jasmine need no go and advertise its fragrance to all, admirers automatically turn up to wear it on their head. The pandiya king arimardhanan realizing his talent and discipline made him the prime minister in his court giving him title thennavan biramarayan. He guided the governance in the righteous path to the prosperity of the land, people and their minds. Still his mind was seeking an intellectual guide who would show in clear light the blissful path to the Truth.

The king heard that high quality horses were on sale in the coast of the choza kingdom. He sent the prime minister thiruvadhavurar with lots of money to buy them. on the way vadhvUrar reached thirup perunthurai (avudaiyar kovil). There he heard from a garden the sweet chantings hara hara. The mind that jumps to the corners of the world was lost in that. He forgot himself and like a piece of iron attracted by the magnet he went in that direction. There he saw the lord sitting in the form of a shaivite sage under a tree elucidating the pupils, to see which lord sages observe austerities for births ! His seeking mind was overwhelmed at the sight of the guru he was yearning for. He surrendered himself to the Holy guru's feet and pleaded him to accept him as a disciple. The God who comes voluntarily in the way of devotees to bless them enlightened him with shivenyanam. vadhvurar who got the immense wealth of the Supreme knowledge outpoured the gems of hymns to the Glittering Feet of the lord offering his body, belongings and soul. (He then sang the first thiruvachakam song shivapuranam starting namashivaya vazhga ). The Peerless guide heard the songs and blessed him with the name Manikkavasagar (Gem speached). He ordered Manikkavasagar to build an abode and disappeared.

With the money he had brought to buy horses that would fight, kill and die in the battlefields, the devotee built a marvelous temple for the lord that would help growing the minds of the seekers in the bliss. Many days passed. The king sent people to find out what happened. His attendants reported to him the deeds of the devotee. The king was irked and sent the message to vadhavUrar ordering him to come with the horses. Manikkavasagar pleaded to the Playful lord of thirupperunthurai. The lord assured him that He would bring the horses on the avaNi mUlam day and passed through the gem worded saint, a gem to the king as a mark of assurance. The prime minister Manikkavasagar told the king about the arrival of the horses. The king was happy.

The lord probably wanted to show that patience and perseverance pays in His worship also, the horses did not arrive till day before the avani mulam day. The king got wild and arrested the prime minister. vadhavurar who had the mature vision that when the devotees surrendered themselves in wholeness to the God the Three eyed lord is the center of all deeds they do. He appealed to the lord singing anRE enRan. The God somasundara murthi who rides the bull of justice in His playful act made the foxes in the forest as horses, coming in the form of the lead man of the horses handed over them to the king explaining him the identification guidelines of good horses ! The lord went off. The same night the horses again became foxes and ran all over the capital. The king lost his sense in the peak of his ire and ordered his men to torture Manikkavasagar making him stand on the fry hot sand of the vaigai river loading him with a rock. The pained devotee with complete trust in the lord who made the vaigai river into existence for quenching the thirst of His attendant, prayed to the lord.

The lord who stopped the furious river ga.nga in His matted hair and allowed it to flow down as a stream blessing the penance of bhagIrathan flooded the river vaigai to grace the true love hearted devotee. The flood entered the streets of the capital. The king ordered the people to sharedly stop the deluging water by raising the banks. There was a lonely old poor lady by name vandhi (1), who practices marvelous love for the Parentless God with her simple mind and activities. To save her from getting penalized for not undertaking the king's order, the lord came as a laborer. But where is the end for His play ! Instead of raising the banks he spoilt the work going on there and slept innocently !! The king was annoyed and beat Him with a stick. But the pain was felt by all the creatures including the king. The flooding of the river subdued and the lord disappeared. The king realized the act of God and the glory of the saint Manikkavasagar. He begged for the saint's pardon. The loveful vachakar forgave the king and left the prime ministership.

He went to many abodes of the lord singing It at thirupperunthuRai, uththara kosamaNgai, thiruvarUr, thiruvidaimarudhUr, chIrkazi, thiruvaNNamalai, thirukkazukkunRam. Finally he reached the holy abode thillaich chiRRambalam. He got what the vEdas proclaim, "one gets bliss (amrita) here, even when he/she is alive" on seeing the heart stealing lord who dances there to the joy of the seeing eyes. He sang many hymns on the lord there.

The budhdhist people who had come from Sri lanka challenged to come for a debate on religions. With the lord's order he took it and answered the blemishes they were trying to put on the lord, making a dumb girl sing His Greatness and the opponents going dumb, he established the Shaivite glory. The opponents realized the truth of the spiritual science of shaivam and started worshipping the outstanding lord shankara. maNi vachakars service to the lord continued. The lord was getting anointed with his honey like words and the pure wonderful love. The lord wanted those gems of his hymns which could not be found a peer even the whole world is excavated to be glorified and passed to generations by generations to the world for our benefit of getting to praise the lord in sweet loveful words easily and even the hardest of the minds getting nurtured in love reading his hymns. He oneday went to the blessed saint Manikkavasagar, asked him to sing the complete thiruvachakam he had composed and wrote them down. He further asked him to sing the songs of love keeping the Dancing lord of thillai as the Hero the thirukkovaiyar. He wrote them also in the palm leaves book and put His seal as "as maNikka vachakan told the lord of thiruchchiRRambalam wrote this". He kept the script in the panychakkara steps of the abode and vanished.

The next day the priests of thillai were surprised to find the scripture on the steps of the abode with the lord's signature. They rushed to Manikkavasagar and appraised him about it. They saluted and asked him to explain them the philosophical explanation of the compositions. He took them to the golden hall abode of the lord and showed the blissfully Dancing lord and said He is the meaning of it and immersed himself in the Supreme luminance and became one in lord shiva. (This day was the ani magam day - his guru pujai day)

The history of this great saint is told in thiruvadhavurppuranam(2) and thiruvilaiyadal puranam.(3) His composistions are thiruvasagam and thirukkovaiyar. These hymns are praised for their simplicity, deep sense of love without losing focus in the description of things.

Panchachara explanation

Panchachara explanation

Word Panchacharam - pancha (five) acharam (letters) = five letters
panchachara mantra is na-ma-shi-va-ya(namashivaya).

Na-letter refers to earth
ma-letter refers to water
shi-letter refers to fire
va-letter refers to air
ya-letter refers to sky


On body each element refers as following
for earth swadistana chakra
for water manipurakha chakra
for fire anahata chakra
for air visudhi chakra
for sky ajna chakra

so 'namashivaya' is mantra which stands on all chakras inside body

thirumoolar explains on his thirumanthiram about thula-panchachara
which divided as three they are thulaa, sukshama and athisukshuma.

thula panchachara is five letter that is 'shivayanama'
by chanting 'shivayanama' inside mind sukshma vibration join in sky and stands on mooladhara strongly.
will fix namashivaya devan in body that is -

because of chanting 'shivayanama' vibration waves which created in sky spread wide
which goes upwards, downwards as circle- to neck, chest, stomach and reaches lingam.

because of sitting on some asana like 'kurmasana' it dont expand and
makes mooladhara to get contract and it travels through lingam reaches bramendra and the top of head.

1) shivayanama - mayanavashi - namashivaya are the three mantras which expands as downward facing

2) yanamashiva-vayanamashi- are the two manthras expands as upward facing


like this reach to mooladhara from there directly goes to bramendra through shushma is called as 'vasi-yoga'


on this happenining 'namashivaya' jyothi (light) get lengthier and awakens its called as "Panchachara darishan"

on this type of namashiva raise, sky galaxy stands with speciality of vindu(light) and naada(sound) combination.

fifty letters on human body converts to five letter as vindu(light) and naatha(sound) this process contains entire vedhas, agama gnana.

Thirumooler says say 'shivayanama" for once because of saying beautiful light appears as amirtha. person who doesnt drink that amirtha are people who takes recycling birth.


"thella moodurach shivayanama
vendrulamudooravorukaal uraithidum
vellamudooral virumbiyunaathavar
thulliya neerpor kazhalkindravaarey" -thirumanthiram

so for removing birth recycle panchachara is the way thirumooler said on above song.

also chant panchachara when mind get spoiled or when it waves due to negative vibration
and make your seevan(soul) essense shiva to glow

person who chant shivayanama will get naatha expose and get shivaroopa.
it also protects when death comes.

"maranangai vaithuyar matridum pothum
aranagai kootuva thanchezhutamey" - thirumanthiram

"thunjalunth thunjali laatha pozhthinam
nejaga nainthu ninaiminaadorum
vanjaga matrapadi vaazhtha vantha koor
ranjavu kaithana vanjeyuzhthumey".- thirunanasambandar pancha thirupathikam


SUKSHUMA PANCHACHARAM:
chanting "shivayanama" by thinking it has light called as sukshuma panchacharamagum.


"oliyai unni urugumanath thaarayth
theliya vothi shivaya namavennum" - thirumanthiram

on "Shivaya nama": shi is shiva, va is shakthi, ya is seevan(soul) and na is reffers to impurity

By chanting this panchachara all negative things like ego, karma and illusion are removed
due to shi shivan and va shakthi settles in ya seevan(soul), things which give sadness like na and ma illusions getlost from us.


As said above by chanting "shivayanama" na-kara and ma-kara impurities are removed,kundalini get free from holding with littleshakthi ya-kara (soul) and gives you shivagnana yoga.
on that process time doing puja to "shivaya" light is the state of free from impurities and its true state.

thirumooler explains how to chant this mantra:

"Namavendru namathai naavil oduki
shivennu namathai sinthaiyil vetrap
pavamathu theerum parisuma thaatraal
avamathi theerum arapirapandro. -Thirumanthiram

that is when you chant "shivayanama" 'nama' should be kept under tongue on neck and 'shiva' should be kept above the head on your mind galaxy.
if think and chanted on above way soul light increases and get rid out from birthcycle.


ATHISUKSHUMA PANCHACHARAM:

"shivaya shivashiva" is athisukshuma panchacharam.To send the darkness out soul became undestructable state by having shiva and shakthi always.
staying in that state of light without any think is called as 'athisukshuma panchachara darishana'.

by chanting "shivaya nama" removing all impurities making as slave to shivam, then by chanting "shivaya shivashiva" for many times will remove sadness and worries
and gives anandha(happiness).

With athisukshuma panchachara darsihan mooladhara agni travel by crossing suryamandala (sun galaxy) above the shoulder in chandra mandala(moon galaxy) light all five senses are included . because of this process sadhaka will never get away from shiva.
this is the panchachara mantra sadhaka yoga.

Banasura

Banasura

God is for all, because there is only one God. That God is worshipped by the divines and so do the daemons and so are the seers and great devotees. an asura who excelled in devotion of lord shiva is the banasura.

in the asura lineage was the king bana born. His wife was supradikai. The daemon king bana was very much devoted to the worship of lord shiva. He used to worship the shiva linga regularly with care and devotion. God, Who is beyond any barriers, rewarded the virtue of the asura by which he worships and blessed him with wealth, power and reign. The asura king ruled the kingdom continuing his heartfelt worship of lord shiva.

one day he went to the abode of the lord, mount kailasha, to have darshan of the God. The daemon did not care for the properness to seek the entry at that great abode, but tried to just walk in ignoring all due permission-seeking. The ganas who were guarding the abode, looking at the inappropriate behavior of the daemon at the abode of God, took him like an insect and threw him off. He fell off the chakravala giri. later he got back to his conscience and returned home.

as a daemon he felt humiliated. as a devotee he wanted to worship kailashapati well. This ego-full devotee worshipped lord shiva vigorously and ardently. pleased, lord shiva asked him what boon he wanted. bana pleaded to lord, that He stays along with His family at the entrance of bana's palace ! bana said by this way he can worship the God without any regulations. lord shiva - the immeasurable almighty but Who is very simple and loving to those who worship with sincere devotion - gave the boon to be the guard at his palace entrance !!

in the abode he built for the God at the entrance of the palace, banasura worshipped the lord shiva, shakti, vignesha and skandha with love and dedication very much. Due to the ardent worship he practiced, he won over the worlds and was just glorious in all the directions.

as the days passed by, he once again got the desire to fight with a powerful person. now he hardly had any to fight with who could quench his thirst of valor. What did he do now ? Went to the God Himself saluted and asked, "oh God, i do not find anybody else who can valorously fight with me. Why don't You come for a fight with me ?" What a character is he !!

God told him that there is no need for that as there would be fight with krishna very soon. The ego-ful bana grinned saying he won over yadu vira krishna eighteen times earlier and he is no match for him. God told him that krishna had taken up shivadiksha from upamanyu maharishi and with the practice he is glorious and formidable to fight with.

The daughter of banasura called ushai was in love with the grandson of krishna called anirudda. By her magical powers she abducted anirudda into her palace. krishna found out that it was the daughter of bana who abducted his grandson. He besieged the palace of bana. He saw the abode of lord shiva at the entrance of the palace and hence he worshipped the lord there. lord shiva blessed him but told him that He was guarding the palace of bana and if kriShna wanted to win over the palace he has to fight with the lord.

krishna was taken aback. But God encouraged him to fight. now krishna fired very many arrows from his bow sarnga. They did not hurt the lord but fell as offering to God. The lord enjoyed the fight. meanwhile banasura was out in destroying the army of krishna. So krishna moved towards him and fought with him. now bana saw a formidable opponent who can put off banas thirst for fight ! in a fierce battle with his chakrayudha krishna started chopping off all the thousand hands of banasura. all bana needed was the lesson to rectify his ego and he had got it by then. now the lord asked krishna to spare bana with four hands and so did kriShna.

now krishna and bana became friendly towards each other (afterall they both are the ardent devotees of lord shiva). bana married his daughter to the grandson of krishna - anirudda, in a grand manner. afterwards banasura went to the banks of river narmadha and worshipped God there very ardently. When the lord appeared, he asked the boon of being one of lord's gana and wanted to be the exclusive player of drum when the lord dances. He also asked the boon that the shivalingas worshipped by him in the banks of river narmada be called banalingam and the world worship them with great reverence. God gave him both the boons and took him one in His ganas. The devotion that bana had for lord shiva brought him to the great level in spite of his ego !

Kachiyappa Shivachariyar

kachiyappa shivachchariyar

in the thondai land renowned for its scholars, in the capital city which is praised as "kaanchi - The city" in the ancient bharat, kachiyappa shivachchariyar was born. He came in the family, which is the priest for the lord murugan temple kandha kottam in that city. He had well learnt thamizh and Samskritam and had a very good poetic talence. He had ardent love for lord murugan.

one day lord muruga appeared in the dream of his devotee and ordered him to compose his story in thamizh which is told in the shiva rahasya kandam, which is the first kandam in shankara samhita, which is one of the six samhitas of the skandha puranam in samskritam. He asked the devotee to name it as kandha puranam and also gave the start off words as thigadachakkaram. The devotee when woke up was thrilled with joy. He saluted the lord muruga and started composing the kandha puranam each day 100 verses. everyday after completing the 100 verses he used to keep the written palm leaves at the feet of lord muruga. When he returns the next day, he would see that a few places in his work have been corrected ! This way the loving devotee completed the work comprising of six kandams and 10345 verses all together.

later he called for the meet of scholars of thondai land and get his work approved in that meet, as it was customery in those days. When he started elucidating the kandha puranam praying the lord, he started with the first line thigada chakkarach chemmukam aindhulam (The one with glorious ten hands and five perfect faces). For this the word thigadachakkram would be broken into thigaz dhachakkaram. one of the poets in the hall raised an objection saying that there existed no rule in thamizh grammar that would render the combination of z and dha into da, and asked kachchiyappa shivachariyar to show the rule and then proceed. The devotee who was stopped at debut was unable to answer and requested the oppponent to accept it as it is, since it was given to him by lord muruga. But the other poet did not agree and halted the presentation.

The devotee with a broken heart fell on the feet of lord muruga and cried that only lord muruga could explain the wordings he gave. He slept there itself of fatigue. inhis dream the lord muruga told him that his problem will be solved in the next day session by a choza poet. When the meeting started the next morning, there was a young charming poet at the center of the stage with a book in his hand. as the opponent poet again raised the question in the session, the young poet rose and directed the attention of the scholars to the 18th song in the sandhip padalam of a grammar text called virachoziyam, which suggested the rendering of the combination under controversy. The entire hall lauded the referance and wondered how they forgot that grammar rule. at once the young poet disappeared. realising that it was lord muruga himslef the scholars commended the work of kachiyappar.

The presentation went on well. at the completion of it the corporates of the city took him around the city on a tusk palanquin as a markof respect. The devotee taught this text to his students nyana varodhayar and others, made copies written. He merged in the bliss of lord muruga of kandha kottam one day.

Manavasakam kadandhar

Manavasakam kadandhar

This shaivite philosopher was born in the town of thiruvadhikai in thamizh land. He was a disciple of meykandar(1). So he could have studied together with arunandhi shivachariyar(2) in meykandar's school. The other details about him are not known. His period could be derived as 13th century, as that was the period of meykandar. He has written one of the fourteen shaiva sidhdhantha texts unmai vilakkam.

Thiruviyalur and Thirukkadavur uyyavandhadevar

Thiruviyalur uyyavandhadevar

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 nayanar approached him to become his disciple. Blessing him uyya vandha dhevar composed thiruvundhiyar, which is one of the santhana 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 thiruvundhiyar has some resemblence with the style of thirumandhiram and is in the old thamizh literature style. The time thiruvundhiyar was written is said to be 1147 a.C.e.


Thirukkadavur uyyavandhadevar

This shaivite philosopher was the disciple of aludaiya dheva nayanar, who was the disciple of thiruviyalur uyyavandhadeva nayanar (2), who authored the thiruvundhiyar. This saint elaborated thiruvundhiyar in his work thirukkalirrup padiyar . These two books are the first two in the santhana books. The time this book was written is said to be 1177 a.C.e.

Chembiyan maadeviyar

Chembiyan maadeviyar

There are some women in the history who have changed its complete course. one need not think that they would have been behind the revolutions, which made the countries undergo dramatic changes, but this is not necessarily true. Here is our great devotee chembiyam madeviyar, who made very vast land to prosper and become a bastion for esteemed spiritual thinking. These were not by revolution; no one night changes, but it was through the nurturing of people she grew these miraculous herbs that had influence for centuries !

She was born as the daughter of the king mazavaraiyan (a small king who supported the choza kingdom. Her accumulated austerities brought her a marvelous husband kandaradhiththa choza dhevar(1) an emperor who felt more privileged to be a devotee than to be ruling an empire. The loving couple did not only lead a life which put in practice what the moral scriptures say as the fruit of the married life, but also governed the country to prosper and did lots of endowments for the lord shiva, Who gives prosperity for the pashus. When her husband reached out the Blissful Dancing Feet of the lord, this mature motherly lady lived for nurturing her son and the children in the royal family like kundhavai and rajarajan in high morality and sincere shiva bhakti. it is not just the one who performs marvels who needs to be applauded, but it is also those who encouraged or nurtured them deserve the praise. That way this choza queen granny shaped an emperor rajarajan(2), who ruled almost whole of south Bharat and the indian ocean, encouraging art and philosophy, bringing in peace and prosperity, with the benefits of shaivam reaching the people of various regions. (Her lineage had great devotion to lord shiva. Her grandson kandaradhiththan was taking care of the endowments for lord shiva in the empire of rajarajan.)

How could one tell about the services this devotee did, when her complete thoughts were focused on how well that moment be used for the Supreme's service ! She has done very many endowments to the abodes of lord shiva. She converted many abodes which were built with brick material to granite /stone built structures which stand durable for very many centuries. Sure, the eternal lord stood in her mind arrested within her rock like abode of devotion. She contributed golden and silver ornaments to the abodes for the lord, Whose Feet are the best ornament for the head of the devotees. in the intimate love she had for her husband kandaradhiththa chozar she renovated the thirunallam to a stonework structure in the name of her husband. The big list of the temples where is queen of good women did marvelous services include virudhdhachalam, thirukodika, thenkurangadu thurai, chembiyan madhevi, thiruvarur araneri, thiruththuruththi, anangur, thirumananycheri, thiruvakkarai. Certainly this is not the exhaustive list of the temples for which she contributed.

This lady who excelled in her love to the lord, Who is love itself, was called maadhevadikal (the slave of the Great God) by the people in respect and affection. She reached the Feet of the lord, the place for those who stood in spirit and service for it, during the later part of the reign of rajarajan or early reign of rajendran. The emperor rajendra chozan made the statue of this great lady in the thirukkayilayamudaiyar temple at the town chembiyan maadevi. may the highly motivated service of this marvelous lady who in spite of political changes in the country vigorously served the nectar like lord and also nurtured the succeeding generations in that devotion, stay in the mind driving us.

Sangiliyaar

sangiliyaar

sangiliyaar lived a life dedicated to the fragrant glory of the lord of thiruvotriyur. She was one of the attendants by name aninthidhai of the Goddess at kayilai. When she got attracted to alala sundharar, she was born as sangiliyaar in thiruvotriyur to lead the loveful life with him.

sangiliyaar was born to thirunyayiru kizavar who was a peasant near thiruvotriyur. She grew with a divine feeling by the radiance of which she was quite distinguishable with others. She grew up as a beautiful young girl and as one who has the imperishable eternal Beautiful God and Goddess in her mind. Her parents wanted their virtuous pretty daughter to be married soon. sangiliyaar wanted to lead a life in which the focus was on the divine. She asked them to leave her in the abode of the lord of thiruvotriyur in the almighty's service. They were quite shocked to hear this and found difficult to digest the fact that she did not want to lead the normal life in the young pretty age. one of the relatives without knowing her inclination sent the proposal to marry her. But something bad happened to him. The relatives were quite worried. They left her as she wished in the temple of thiruvotriyur where the lord of all sacrifices reside. They made a monastery for her to perform austerities.

Young paravaiyar without allowing the dirties of the external world staining her chaste service minded thoughts, stayed in the kanni madam closed behind the curtains. She with the feeling of the Feet of the divine parents constantly overwhelming in her mind, served the lord making the garlands for the worship of the lord of thiruvotriyur. She used to come outside the curtains to give the garlands to be offered to the lord and immediately go back. She was in this service of the lord for a long time. one day when she appeared as a lightning to give the garlands sundharar(1) saw her while returning from the abode. The old time acquaintance at kayilai bringing in the love for her, he requested the lord.

The lord appeared in the dream of the chaste devotee sangiliyaar. He told her the very great devotion of sundharar and asked her to get married to him. She replied that as He ordered she would get married to him. The lord said He would get an assurance from sundharar that he would not leave her. chundharar was reluctant to give the assurance because he wanted to sing the fame of the lord in many abodes. So he asked the lord to stay outside under the makizam tree when he makes the assurance to sangiliyaar at the abode ! But the lord indicated this plan to sangiliyaar and asked her to ask for the pledge under the makizam tree. Blessed is her chaste devotion !

as the lord advised she took the promise from sundharar under the tree though she was feeling bad that she was coming in the way of the wish of the devotee. By the grace of the lord Who is the union of male and female, the devotees arranged the wedding of this dedicated couple. They lived praising the glory of the Supreme. after sundharar left on his desire to salute the lord of thiruvarur, she continued her service to lord shiva to reach in His abode back in her original position as the attendant of the Goddess. Great was her austerely devotion and love for the God and Goddess !

Paravaiyar

Paravaiyar

Paravaiyar led a life of dedication to the lord and love to the husband who was a splendid devotee of the lord of Bull Flag. She was the attendant of the Goddess in the Kayilai. Because of the love that budded there with alala sundharar she was born in thiruvarur in the tradition of uruththira kanikai. From her childhood itself she was virtuous and very much interested in the worship of the inseparable shiva-shakthi. Beautiful in appearance she also used to sing in her melodious voice the glory of the God and Goddess with high involvement.

one day when she was on her way to the temple she got to see sundhara murthi nayanar (1), who made an impression in her heart. He too was quite attracted by her. But the devotion taking more importance in her mind she forced her mind on the lord and went inside the abode to salute the Supreme Beauties. She came to know from her friends that sundharar was a sincere devotee of the lord and so being called thampiran thozar (friend of the lord). Coming to know about his devotion for the lord Who held the river in His hair, her love for him grew. The virtuous girl appealed to the lord about her love. sundharar also seeking this impressive girl to the lord, the lord Who shines in the wedding robe with parvati, ordered the devotees of the town to arrange the wedding of these two devotees.

The devotional couple led the life of devotion, charity and love for each other with which the married life becomes fruitful. She served the lord of divines and led a life of well synchronized service to the devotees. When by the Grace of the God Who doesn't know the limits in giving boons, sundharar got mounts of food grains, her broad mind that enthrones the Boundless bhagavan shared that with the people of the town. She asked sundharar peruman to bring money. For what ! She wanted to donate and take part in the service during the lord's festival of panguni uththiram. She welcomed along with sundharar in hospitality and humbleness the devotees who came to their place and took a great interest in serving them.

living her life completely in devotion and service she reached the abode of the Goddess parvati as kamalini, Her attendant. Her good qualities and devotion is praised in many places in the periya puranam.

Thilakavathiyar

Thilakavathiyar

There is a saying that there is a woman behind a successful man. How great this inspiring lady by name thilakavathiyar (she is really thilaka for the womankind!!) should have been to make not just a successful man but a great sage, thinking of even whose name would induce an ocean of love for that dancing lord in oneself - that great thirunavukkarasar peruman . (1)

There was a small kingdom called thirumunaippadi in the choza empire region. There was this small town of great people called thiruvamur . in the family that cultivates the plants in the fields and that cultivates superior discipline in action lived the couple pukazanar , madhiniyar . like the goddess of wealth who comes out from the blooming lotus, as a boon for the devotees thilakavathiyar was born to them. a few years later there was born the seer of untiring service thirunavukkarachar . That twice blessed couple brought up those two children as the two eyes.

When thilakavathiyar became thirteen kalippakaiyar who was born in a family of similar respect, having lots of respect for the lord with matted hair, highly generous and decorated by his good qualities and valiance, the colonel of the king proposed through elderly people to get married to her. pukazanar agreed for the marriage and the festivities started. in that period there came a war with the a king from north for which kalippakaiyar went to lead the army before getting married. meanwhile proving the transienceof the life her father fell sick and went to heaven. in that shock his chaste wife madhiniyar also left her mortal body to join her husband. With loss of both the parents thilakavathiyar and her brother marunikkiyar (thirunavukkarasar) were drowning in the ocean of sadness. By the time their relatives consoled them they got the information that kalippakaiyar became martyr in the battlefield.

She thought that her loving mother and father wanted her to get married to kalippakaiyar, so she wanted to join his soul. Shocked by her decision marunikkiyar fell in her feet to say that already he had lost the parents but would not be able to bear it if she also decides to leave him alone. For the sake of the survival of her brother she decided to stay alive renouncing all the pleasures with the heart that has love for all the lives. marunikkiyar did lot of good services to come out of his sorrows.

When marunikkiyar was exploring the concepts of instability in human lives he was illusioned by the Jain philosaphies and joined the group where nonviolance was apparent but not. While this was the case for marunikkiyar thilakvathiyar spent more of her attention in the almighty taken abode in the place thirivadhikai , where He burnt the three impurities. Wearing the holy symbols of lord shiva she did holy services like brooming the temple and then washing the floor with the purifying cow dung, making garlands for the God. She was worshipping the God with a heavy heart to rescue her brother from falling into the sins who had fell in the trap of an incomplete religion. The prayers that are done with love and truthfulness though may take time will surely fetch good results. The graceful lord decided to answer her prayer. He gave a heavily painful stomach-ache to marunikkiyar.

The Jain groups tried their best to cure his pain but in vain. When they washed their hands off marunikkiyar sent a person to his sister. That mother like sister who was strong in her determination conveyed clearly that she would not leave the abode of the lord to come to the place of Jains. Her love for the brother was quite high, because of which she wanted not only his rescue from the serious stomach-ache but also wanted his rescue from his ignorance of not praying lord shiva. as the lord intended to bless marunikkiyar, he decided to leave the company of Jains and reach the feet of thilakavathiyar. To the crying brother who fell at her feet she told you who dwelled in unclear philosaphies get up and serve the lord who liberates.

She took him to the abode of the lord in thiruvadhikai and gave the wealth of Holy ash saying the beautiful five letters of the lord. He humbly wore the Holy ash that removes the ignorance and praised the lord with the padhikam(song) kurrayinavaru vilakkakilir that brings the tears of love, with his great love for Him raising over the peaks to illuminate the entire world to wipe away ignorance. The King of all medicines, that lord shankara relieved him from his pain, made him thirunavukkarasar and put him to the bliss. That marvelous female saint to whom the devotees would be thankful continued her service to sit in the bliss with the lord. let the great deed of thilakavathiyar which gave a peerless saint called appar peruman stay in the mind.

Sekkizhar

sekkizhar

sekkizhar was born at kunraththur in the thondai nadu (part of Tamilnadu and andhrapradesh which was ruled by pallava kings) which was famous for its intellectuals. He was born in shaivite farmer family of sekkizhar tradition with his younger brother palaravayar. The choza king - kuloththunga chozan ii (anapayar) - who was ruling the region then wondered at the intelligence, honesty and excellence of sekkizhar and made him his prime minister knighting him as uththama choza pallavar. sekkizhar was an ardent devotee of lord Shiva in thirunageshwaram and did a lot of services to that temple. He built a temple in kunraththur and named that too thirunageshwaram.

The king who was much interested in arts was mostly appreciating the thamiz book shivaka chindhamani. as a dedicated minister to guide the king in the proper way, sekkizhar advised him that those books will do good neither for living nor for liberation and on his question he told the king that the lives of the devotees who were praised in the thiruththondaththokai(1) of sundharar(2), which was later sung by nambiyandar nambi in his thiruththondar thiruvandhadhi, are the great thing to read and follow. inspired by this the king asked sekkizhar to sing in detail the lives of the devotees as an epic.

sekkizhar agreed and worshiped the dancing lord (natarajar) at chithambaram.(3) The lord gave him the first word to start the epic as ulakelam. (sekkizhar has used this word with respect in the beginning, middle and end of the work). Then he wrote the entire periya puranam and was made public in chithambaram in the presence of intellectuals, saints and others. after the arangerram (publication), the king took sekkizhar around the town on the royal elephant and he himself fanned sekkizhar during the procession. He made the periya puranam as the twelth thirumurai.

thiruth thondar puranam is the only work available that was written by sekkizhar. after writing the periya puranam sekkizhar involved himself completely the lives of the 63 saints along with other devotees and finally reached the sweet feet of lord Shiva.

other names of sekkizhar:
arun mozith thevar (original name)
thondar chir paravuvar
uththama choza pallavar

Thirunaraiyur nambiyandar nambi

Thirunaraiyur nambiyandar nambi

This is the great devotee to whom the shaivite devotees are indebted for making available the marvelous and peerless thevaram hymns of sambandhar, appar, sundharar (2) and also writing briefly the history of the 63 splendid shaivite devotees who were mentioned in the sundharar's thiruththondaththokai, which was the basis on which chekkizar wrote the nurturing literature of thiruththondarpuranam(3). He is also one of the authors of the eleventh thirumurai (1).

This devotee who did marvel in the youth was born in the town of thirunaraiyur in the tradition of adhi shaivites, who undertake the service of priesthood in the temples of Three-eyed lord. after getting initiation into the veda learning, he started the learning of arts and scriptures along with vedas. one day as his father had to go to out of town, he took up the worship of the lord pollap pillaiyar in that town's temple. The young child went to the temple of the little elephant of the Supreme. He did the worship as he had learnt. He gave the food offerings to the elphant headed lord. He did not know that his father used to dedicate the offerings symbolocally to the lord and then take it back. The young child was waiting for the elephant headed lord to eat the food. as the lord did not, he started crying thinking the worship he made was faulty and hence the lord has not accepted it. Quite some time he was weeping. Finally he decided crash his head as the lord did not accept the food offering. The innocent and sincere love of this young kid brought the unbelievable grace of the lord. The elephant headed lord stopped the child from crashing his head and ate all the food offering the child had brought , which was purified by his faultless love. as the lord pleasently ate and blessed the child, he requested the lord to teach the leasons that would have happened in the school that day as it was already late for the school, else his teacher would beat him. The elephant of supreme knowledge whom everybody salutes to get the wisdom to worship the unexplorable lord shiva, taught this blessed kid the lessons !!

This happened the following day also and continued. The news spread like the fragrance of jasmine and the great choza emperor rajarajan (4) got to hear this. He along with the ministers, courtmen, people came in a big procession to thirunaraiyur bringing along with them huge quantities of bananas, honey, flaked rice, sweet pancake and sesame balls as offerings for the lord. in that suddenly crowded town he saluted the feet of the young renowned devotee nambiyandar nambi and requested him to offer to the broken dented lord all those heaps of bananas, mangoes and jack fruits along with other offerings right then. The flawless child also worshipped the lord with purity and love and the lord of wisdom of lord shiva ate all those heaps of offerings in one shot with the trunk hand ! The suprised king hailed the child and he pleaded out of his marvelous love for the matted haired lord that his prayer was to get the hymns done by the three great shaivite saints (sambandhar, appar, sundharar) in total. The child out of the confidence on the elephant headed lord assured the king that he would get him the information. With the tears of devotion filling his eyes, the child worshipped the trunk handed lord to give the information. The gracious lord disclosed the information, which became the great blessing for the shaivites to get their marvelous scripture. The palm leaves of those great hymns were kept behind the Dancing lord of thillai and there is hand symbol marking the place. lord also disclosed the information through nambi that thirunyana sambandhar's hymns were 16000, thirunavukkarasar's were 49000 and sundharar's were 39000.

When nambi and the king went to thillai and opened the specified place they were apalled to see that most of those valueless hymns were eated off by termites !! a great loss !! The lord's voice stating whatever required were left, consoled them. What they could recover was a less than 10 percent of the whole hymns. The king arranged for multiply coping the hymns that were not destroyed by termites and preserving them. The shaivite world would be indebted to these two great devotees for saving the marvelous peerless hymns thevaram atleast partially. on the king's request nambi arranged the hymns along with the other great hymns like thiruvasakam, thirumandhiram as thirumurai (ordered holy text). With the help of a lady who came in the tradition of nilakanta yazpanar the pan (melody) of the thevaram hymns were also got. nambi with the blessings of pillaiyar, realised the history of the 63 great devotees mentioned by sundharar and wrote a brief of their lives in his thiruththondar thiruvandhadhi. He also recorded the life of sambandhar and appar in the various hymns he wrote in praise of them. This servant of shaivam has authored many hymns which are compiled under eleventh thirumurai (1). They are

1. thirunaraiyur vinayakar irattai mani malai
2. koyil thiruppanniyar viruththam
3. thiruththondar thiruvandhadhi
4. aludaiya pillaiyar thiruvandhadhi
5. aludaiya pillaiyar thiruchchanbai viruththam
6. aludaiya pillaiyar thirumummanik kovai
7. aludaiya pillaiyar thiruvulamalai
8. aludaiya pillaiyar thirukkalambakam
9. aludaiya pillaiyar thiruththokai
10. thirunavukkarachu dhevar thiruvekadhacha malai

Thiruvenkattadikal or Pattinathar

pattinaththar (thiruvenkattadikal)

Thiruvenkattadikal is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). This devotee of wisdom and experience, has written many poems that educate the people of the perspectives that one would not have thought about or would have been reluctant to think about. (2) This devotee of the end 9 th century aCe, has lived as the rich as well as a begging saint and provided us the wisdom out of it, "Don't get lost in logistics of life. realize the Truth and live blissfully praising it."

The once very famous shore city of the choza empire, which was a major hub for business given its geographical location having a port, is kavirippumpattinam or pukar where the lifeline river kaviri enters the ocean. understandable from the commercial importance of the city, there lived lots of businessmen prospering in local and international trade. There lived one rich businessman, by name shiva neyar, rich not just in material wealth but also in the discipline, charity, integrity and devotion for the lord Who made kubera the deva of wealth. For him and his chaste wife nyanakalai, a child was born as the fruit of their discipline and devotion. as it was born by the Grace of the lord taken abode in the nearby town thiruvenkadu, they named the child as thiruvenkadar. The child grew over the mounts of wealth. When he was five years old, his father reached the Feet of the lord praised by vedic rites.

thiruvenkadar learnt the art and literature and shined in discipline and devotion for the lord on Holy Bull. When he was sixteen, he was married to the girl appropriate for him called shivakalai, daughter of shivachithambarach chettiyar and shivakami ammaiyar. The fruit of the married life is love and charity. This couple lived for it supporting the devotees of the lord, Who goes on alms, and the righteous people. as one of the duties and the means for the married people thiruvenkadar set to develop the business. He splendored in his effort and became the very rich person known across the borders. He brought in wealth through the trade over the sea and on the land. Though he had covetous money, he did not have an offspring till he was thirty years old. an ardant devotee of the Father of the universe, he worshiped the lord at thiruvidaimarudhur pleading it to grant him a child.

The lord marudhavanar wanted to show grace on two of his true devotees. There lived a servant of the God by name shiva charumar, who had his heart lost in the salutations to the Sweet lord Who swallowed the terrible poison halahalam. He regularly hosted the devotees of the lord providing them feast and materials. in this process he became poor, but as a determined devotee did not slip in his service. The lord marudhavanar wanting to show way for both this devotee and thiruvenkadar appeared in the dreams of shiva nechar and his synchronised wife sushila that there would be a child in the shade of the bilva tree near the abode the next day and they could take and give the child to thiruvenkadar couple and get lots of wealth for continuing shiva nechars service. The same way the lord ordered thiruvenkadar to liberally donate to shiva nechar when he brings the child to him. The same happened to the joy of both the devotees and they thanked the lord marudhavanar.

as the child was got by the Grace of lord marudhavanar, thriuvenkadar named the child as marudhavanan and nurtured that child of wealth in all affection. The young marudhavanan liberated the gandharva called manibaththiran who was cursed to be a fish by a sage sindhu muni. When the age became sixteen, marudhavanan went on trade over the ocean. on return brought the bags of dung, but in which were concealed the rare valuable gems and also gave a box to the mother and disappeared ! The father who had lots of materialistic thinking developing the business, was searching the son and came to open the box marudhavanan had left with the mother. There was a ear(hole)less needle and a palm leaf wound in a silk cloth. in the palm leaf it was written kadharra uchiyum varadhu kanum kadaivazikke(even the ear(hole)less needle won't come for the last journey !). This statement broke into him, shattering his materialistic illusions and grew a great wisdom in him.

With the Supreme Guru's Grace guiding him, he renounced his wealth and material life and determined to completely get into the Glorious path of lord shiva. He commanded his dutiful head clerk chendhanar(3) to distribute all his wealth for charities and endowments, advised and consoled his wife and became a sage. The relatives who had only the status as their prime concern and not the love were unable to digest their highly wealthy relative wandering like a beggar in the streets. They gave him poisoned appam(a kind of cake) through his sister. But the enlightened saint pattinaththadikal, realised this and through it on the roof of the house singing ottappam vittaich chudum. The house and the neighborhood caught fire and the relatives fell in his feet and pleaded for mercy. Then pattinaththar extinguished it by singing another song thangalaik kettup pirandhilam. He stayed in that city till his mother died, on her request.

later he went to thiruvidaimarudhur and sang the thiruvidaimarudhur mummanik kovai. He went on traveling singing the songs of wisdom in many abodes in choza, pandiya, malai, thondai, kongu, thuluva states (south bharat). He went to the north also saluting the lord of the whole world. He resurrected a boy who died of illness in thiruvarur. in kongu state, one day as he was quite hungry in the late night, he knocked at the door of a house. The people in the house mistook him as a thief and beat and tortured him. The neighbours realising he is a saint, intervened and set him free. From then on pattinaththar made a pledge that unless somebody comes and gives the food, he won't go to anybody's doorstep asking for food.

When he was in a town unychenai makalam in thuluva state, he was meditating on the all-pervading lord shankara in a pillaiyar temple. Some thieves who were pleased with their robbery in the palace, threw a pearl garland towards the deity on their way. That fell on the neck of pattinaththar who was meditating. The corps mistook him as the robber and the king without analyzing the facts ordered him to be executed on kazumaram (a sharp wood to pierce and kill). The siddhar sang en cheyaladhi yadhonrumillai and reiterated his surrender to the devadeva. The kazumaram caught fire. The king realizing his potence and non-guiltiness pleaded for pardon and gave himself as the slave of the saint. pattinaththar ordered him to renounce the throne and go to thiruvidaimarudhur. The king became a sage called baththira giriyar. Then pattinaththadikal continued his to the northern abodes. on his return to thiruvidaimarudhur he showed liberation to his disciple baththira giriyar.

meanwhile his headclerk chendhanar was donating tihruvenkadars wealth as per his order for charity. But the king triggered by the relatives reprimanded chendhanar. pattinaththar sang the lord and got him released. He went to chirkazi and composed the scripture thirukkazumala mummanikkovai. Sang the koyil nanmanimalai on the Dancing King of thillai. later worshiping annamalai he went to kanychi where he sang kachchith thiruvandhadhi, thiruvekamba malai, kachchith thiruvakaval. He prostrated to the lord, Who is present in all directions for the world to salute, at thirukkazukkunram, thiruvalankadu, thirukkalaththi and reached thiruvorriyur as directed by the lord at thiruvidaumarudhur. His experience of the God's Grace flow out as mudhalvan muraiyidu, arutpulambal.

one of the days when he stayed in thiruvorriyur worshiping the lord of sacrifices, he was playing with the cowboys. The boys used to cover him in a pit with sand and plants and he used to come out from altogether another pit ! When this was continuing, one time, when they covered him in a pit, he did not come out again as pattinaththadikal, but he became a shivalingam, merging with the Supreme.

Adhiravadikal

Adhiravadikal (never ruffled saint) is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). There is one composition written by this devotee of lord shiva in the eleventh thirumurai, which is muththapillaiyar thirumummanikkovai. (in this only the first twenty four songs are available to us.)

ilamperuman adikal

ilamperuman adikal

Ilamperuman adikal is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). There is one enchanting composition written by this devotee of lord shiva in the eleventh thirumurai, which is thirumummanikkovai.

Parana dheva nayanar

paranadheva nayanar is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). There have been many poets by name paranar referred in the history. one set of people say that this devotee is different from the one who lived in the sangam period (BCe). (The paranar who lived in the sangam period has written many songs in the sangam literature.) There is one composition written by this devotee of lord shiva in the eleventh thirumurai, which is shivaperuman thiruandhadhi.

kapila dheva nayanar

kapila dheva nayanar

kapiladheva nayanar is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). There have been many poets by name kapilar referred in the history. one set of people say that this devotee is different from the one who lived in the sangam period (BCe). (The kapilar who lived in the sangam period has written many songs in the sangam literature.) There are three compositions written by this devotee of lord shiva present in the eleventh thirumurai, which are muththa nayanar thiruirattaimanimalai, shivaperuman thiruirattaimanimalai, shivaperuman thiruandhadhi.

Kallada theva Nayanar

Kallada theva nayanar

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kallada dheva nayanar is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). There have been many poets by name kalladar referred in the history. one set of people say that this devotee is different from the one who lived in the sangam period (BCe). (The kalladar who lived in the sangam period has written many songs in the sangam literature.) There is one composition written by kalladar present in the eleventh thirumurai which is thirukkannappa dhevar thirumaram.
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There is book kalladam(2) also written by a devotee by name kalladar. This literature utilising the instrument of depicting the love between a male and female praises the glory of the lord shiva. (like thirukkovaiyar(3), while the headings thirukkovaiyar has (400) is a superset of those found in kalladam). This has a very rich ruling over the words and is very similar to the language used in the sangam literature.

Nakkirar

Nakkirar

Nakkiradheva nayanar is one among the twelve who sung the padhinoran thirumurai (eleventh thirumurai)(1). There have been many poets by name nakkirar referred in the history. one set of people say that of whatever is present in the thirumurai attributed to nakkirar, thirumurugarruppadai was written by the nakkirar who lived in the sangam period (BCe) and the rest were written by the nakkirar who lived later (aCe). The nakkirar who lived in the sangam period was the head of the Tamil Forum patroned by the pandiya kings. There are very many songs attributed to him in the sangam literature. He had great love for lord shiva and murugan. Stories about this nakkirar, his talance and his devotion towards the lord are depicted in thiruvilaiyadal puranam(2). apart from thirumurugarruppadai there nine compositions attributed to nakkirar are present in eleventh thirumurai (kayilaipadhi kalaththipadhi andhadhi, thiruingoymalai ezubhadhu, thiruvalanychuzi mummanikkovai, thiruvezu kurrirukkai, perundheva pani, kopap pirachadham, kar ettu, porrith thirukkali venpa, thirukkannappa dhevar thirumaram)