History · Emergence of Regional Kingdoms
UGC NET June 2012 History
Which one of the following collections of Alvar poetry was compiled by Nathamuni?
APeriyapuranam
BThirumurai
CNalayira Divya Prabandham ✓ Correct
DTiruttondar Tiruvantati
Correct answer: (C) Nalayira Divya Prabandham — The Nalayira Divya Prabandham was compiled by Nathamuni, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The Nalayira Divya Prabandham was compiled by Nathamuni, so that is the answer.
★It is a collection of four thousand Tamil verses of the Alvar saints, brought together in the ninth to tenth centuries.
★The Alvars were the Vaishnava poet-saints of the Tamil land who sang of Narayana, that is Vishnu, and his forms.
★Nathamuni, an Acharya of the Srivaishnava tradition, gathered and ordered these scattered hymns.
★The Periyapuranam and Thirumurai belong instead to the Shaiva Nayanar tradition.
★This collection is central to the devotional life of South Indian Vaishnavism.
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