The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1644 page)
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Namm
lv
r
lvr(Tamil, ‘Our Saint’). The most important among the twelve Hindu
lv
rs
. His real name was Ca
ak
pan, and he may have lived during the 7th or earlier 8th cent. Mystic and theologian, he created a novel poetic style of
bhakti
poetry of great sophistication, and contributed almost one-third of the
N
l-
yira-divya-prabandham
. His poems exhibit a profound devotion to
Vi
u
and his
avat
ras
, especially
K
a
.
lvrs. His real name was Ca
akpan, and he may have lived during the 7th or earlier 8th cent. Mystic and theologian, he created a novel poetic style ofbhakti
poetry of great sophistication, and contributed almost one-third of the
N
l-yira-divya-prabandham. His poems exhibit a profound devotion to
Vi
uand his
avat
ras, especially
K
a.
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