Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3214

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TIRUJNĀNASAMBANDHA (R). He was one of the four Dākṣiṇātya Śaivamatācāryas. He lived during the early part of the seventh century. The book on Dākṣiṇātya Śaivamata is called Tirumura. There are twelve songs in that book. They were compiled by Nambi-yāṇḍār Nambi who lived during the period of Rājarāja Cola. The first seven of these are devotional songs called Tevāras. They were composed jointly by Tiru-jñānasambandhar, Tirunāvukkaraśar and Sundaramūrti. The first three tevāras are the first and the twelfth tirumura is called Periyapurāṇa. Its author was Śekkizhār. He was called Arulmozhitteva also. He was the chief minister of Anapāyacola who ruled during the period 1063 to 1112 A.D. The theme of Periyapurāṇa is the life history of sixtythree Śaivasiddhas who were renowned as Nāyanārs and It is in the sixth chapter of the second part of this book that they discuss Tirujñānasambandhar.