The Colas c34.34

c34.34

Another catechism, much the simplest of all manuals on Śaivism, is the *Uṇmai-viḷakkam* by Manavāśagan-gaḍandār of Tiruvadi (South Arcot) who claims that his work makes not the slightest departure from the essence of the Āgamas. Umāpati Śivācārya, who lived at the close of the thirteenth and the early years of the fourteenth century,⁴⁷ was the author of eight works on the doctrine which complete the tale of the Śaiva Siddhānta Śāstras in Tamil.