Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints

by F. Kingsbury and G. P. Phillips

Calcutta: Association Press; London, NY: Oxford University Press

[1921]

Click to enlarge
SIVA NATARAJA

CONTENTS

CHAP.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

I.

SAMBANDAR AND HIS HYMNS--STANZAS 1-24

II.

APPARSWaMI AND HIS HYMNS--STANZAS 25-64

III.

SUNDARAMuRTI AND HIS HYMNS--STANZAS 65-79

IV.

ManIKKA VaSAHAR AND HIS HYMNS--STANZAS 80-136

APPENDIX I: SHRINES MENTIONED IN THE POEMS

APPENDIX II: SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION

INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. SIVA NAtARaJa

Frontispiece

2. SAMBANDAR

Following Page 8

3. APPARSWaMI

" 34

4. SUNDARAR

" 68

5. ManIKKA VaSAHAR

" 84

NOTE.--The bronze statuettes of the poets reproduced in this volume are not historical portraits but imaginative figures, created in accordance with popular traditions and used in the worship of the temple and the home.