The Colas c34.29

c34.29

the first three comprising 384 *padigams* of Tiru-Ñāna-Sambandar, books four to six made up of 307 *padigams* of Tirunāvukkarasu, 100 *padigams* of Sundara forming the seventh book, the *Tiruvāśagam* of Māṇikkavāśagar being the eighth, and a number of *tiruvisaippās*³⁷ by nine different authors and the *Tirumandiram* of Tirumūlar forming the last two books. We learn that subsequently the king requested Nambi to put together one more book from the *padigams* left over, including the *pāśuram* uttered by Śiva himself and calculated to procure *siddhi*; Nambi accordingly arranged the eleventh book of the Canon. This section, including the compositions of Nambi himself, comprises the works of twelve different authors, two of whom are among the sixty-three saints of Śaivism. The *Periya-Purāṇam* counts as the twelfth book. Clearly the arrangement of the books is not chronological; for to give the most striking instance, Tirumūlar was earlier than Sundaramūrti and is mentioned in the *Tiruttoṇḍattogai*; but the *Tirumandiram* is only the tenth book, whereas Sundaramūrtti's hymns form the seventh.