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**radikal** · 06-04-2010, 10:35 PM

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Which centuray was Maanikavaasaka swamigal born ? and was it him who narrated the 'Periya puranam', 'Siva puranam' ?

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Manikkavasagar (மாணிக்கவாசகர் - literally words like jewels) was a Tamil poet who wrote Tiruvacakam, a book of Shaiva hymns. Manikkavacakar was one of the poets of the Hindu bhakti revival: his work forms one volume of the Tirumurai, the key religious text of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. A minister to the Pandya king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 C.E. – 885 C.E.), he lived in Madurai. His work is a poetic expression of the joy of God-experience, the anguish of being separated from God. Although he is a prominent saint in Southern India, he is not counted among the sixty-three nayanars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manikkavacakar

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radikal Join Date Oct 2005 Age 54 Posts 4,523 Senior Member	Sir Which centuray was Maanikavaasaka swamigal born ? and was it him who narrated the 'Periya puranam', 'Siva puranam' ? thanks Manikkavasagar (மாணிக்கவாசகர் - literally words like jewels) was a Tamil poet who wrote Tiruvacakam, a book of Shaiva hymns. Manikkavacakar was one of the poets of the Hindu bhakti revival: his work forms one volume of the Tirumurai, the key religious text of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. A minister to the Pandya king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 C.E. – 885 C.E.), he lived in Madurai. His work is a poetic expression of the joy of God-experience, the anguish of being separated from God. Although he is a prominent saint in Southern India, he is not counted among the sixty-three nayanars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manikkavacakar
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