Thiruvisaippa

Thiruvisaipa (Tamil: திருவிசைப்பா Thiru means "respect", visai means "action" and pa indicates "poem") denotes the ninth volumes[1] of the Tirumurai, the twelve-volume collection of Tamil Saivite devotional poetry.

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Tirumurai
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The twelve volumes of Tamil Śaiva hymns of the sixty-three Nayanars
PartsNameAuthor
1,2,3ThirukadaikkappuSambandar
4,5,6ThevaramThirunavukkarasar
7ThirupaatuSundarar
8Thiruvasakam &
Thirukkovaiyar		Manickavasagar
9Thiruvisaippa &
Tiruppallaandu		Various
10ThirumandhiramThirumular
11Various
12Periya PuranamSekkizhar
Paadal Petra Sthalam
Paadal Petra Sthalam
Rajaraja I
Nambiyandar Nambi

The poems

The ninth volume of Tirumurai is composed by Tamil poets (known as Nayanars) - Thirumaligai Thevar, Senthanar, Karuvur Thevar, Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata nambi, Kandarathithar, Venattadigal, Thiruvaliyamuthanar, Purshottama Nambi, Sethiyar and Senthanar [2] Among the eight, Kandarathithar, was a prince descended from Chola king, Parantaka I.[3]

During the reign of Rajaraja Chola I in the 10th century, a collection of these songs was found abandoned in the Chidambaram temple, along with other religious literary works, and collated by Nambiyandar Nambi.

List of Temple associated with Tiruvisaippa

The following are the temples revered by the hymns of Thiruvisaippa and are in turn referred as "Tiruvisaipa Thalangal".

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The shrine of Gangaikonda Cholapuram are revered as under
" He of the Shrine of Gangaikonda Choleswaram takes whatever forms that his worship visualize" - 131,5.[4]

Notes
  1. J.N. 1993, p. 143
  2. "Ninth Thirumurai" (PDF). Project Madurai. 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. Mukherjee 1999, p. 396
  4. Coward 1987, p. 151

References
  • J. N., Farquhar (1993). Primer of Hinduism. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120608689.
  • Mukherjee, Sujit (1998). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850. New Delhi: Orient Longman Limited. p. 396. ISBN 81-250-1453-5.
  • Coward, Harold G., ed. (1987). Modern Indian responses to religious pluralism. New York: State University of New York. p. 151. ISBN 0-88706-571-6.
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