The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1676 page)

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(sing.,
n
ya
r
, ‘leader’). Title bestowed on a claimed sixty-three saints in the Tamil
aivite
tradition. The hymns (especially of
nacampantar, Cuntaram
rti, and
Appar
) are regarded by Tamil
aivas as equal in worth to the
Vedas
. They are gathered in the
T
v
ram
, part of the Tamil
aiva canon. Their lives (in
hagiographical
style) are contained in Cekkil
r's
Periya Pur
am

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