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The *Periyapurāṇam*, a compendium of biographical sketches of the 63 Saivanāyaṇmārs (Saints) also makes reference to *edā-periḍā*. Here the term ‘*periḍā*’ stands for a large ‘basket’ (*Periyapurāṇam*, V. 1793, see also Sendilvel Mudaliyar T.S. 1930).