Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1481

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1481

NĀYANĀR. The protagonists of Southern Śaivism are known as Nāyanārs while those of Vaiṣṇavism are called Ālvārs.