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...vour (''sringara rasa'') whose hero, Chivaka, combines heroics and erotics to marry eight damsels and gain a kingdom. In the end he realises the transien In order to wean Kulottunga Chola II from the heretical ''Chivaka Chintamani'', Sekkila ...

...dal Publishers, 1977|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=An Introduction to Tamil Literature|author=N. Subrahmanian|publisher=Christian Literature Soci ...vised the king to instead turn his attention to the lives of the [[Saiva]] saints as described by [[Sundarar]] in his ''Tiruthondar Thogai''.<ref>{{cite book ...

...overs almost every feature of the [[siddhar]] of the [[Tamils]]. According to another historian, Madhavan, the work stresses on the fundamentals of [[Sid ...ga]] practices according to the eight-angled way of Patanjali. Also refers to [[Vaasi Yoga|Vasi Yoga]] ...

{{Hindu scriptures and texts}} ...g necessity was felt by scholars to compile [[Shaivism|Shaiva]] literature to accommodate other works.<ref name="Das86" /> ''[[Thiruvasakam|Tiruvasakam]] ...

| honors = [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] saint, Muvar ...ebil|1974|p=95}} These narrate an intense loving devotion (''[[bhakti]]'') to the Hindu god [[Shiva]]. Sambandar merged with the divine effulgence when h ...

.../books?id=kQwABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4008-6006-7 |p ...of the Elders'') through the term ''bhatti''.{{Sfn|Dayal|1970|p=32}} Early texts such as the ''[[Shvetashvatara Upanishad]]'' and the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'', ...

...;– or of the supreme deity in [[henotheistic]] religions&nbsp;– can extend to various levels of [[abstraction]]: ...motion in itself, i.e., moves because the knowledge of its Mover causes it to emulate this Mover (or should). ...

| footer = '''Left to right, top to bottom''': representations of God in [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Judaism ...ytheistic]] belief systems, a [[Deity|god]] is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the [[universe]] or life, for ...

...= Montage image showing temple, bridge, and fishing boats top to bottom. ...[[Chennai]] and [[Madurai]]. Together with [[Varanasi]], it is considered to be one of the holiest places in India for [[Hindus]] and is part of the [[C ...

...vibrational energy (''virya'') draws [[Karma in Jainism|karmic particles]] to the soul and creates bondages.{{sfn|Jaini|1998|pp=104–106}} Purification of ...the 23rd {{tlit|sa|tirthankara}} is [[Parshvanatha]], traditionally dated to the 9th century [[Common Era|BCE]]; and the 24th {{tlit|sa|tirthankara}} is ...