Sambandar

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Hindu saint Nayanar saint Shaivite poet-saint Tamil poet

Sambandar was a 7th-century Tamil child saint and one of the most celebrated Nayanar poet-saints of Shaivism, renowned for his devotional hymns to Lord Shiva that form a major part of the Tevaram.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sambandar canonical 4
Tirugnana Sambandar 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu saint ⓘ
Nayanar saint ⓘ
Shaivite poet-saint ⓘ
Tamil poet ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Appar ⓘ
Jains ⓘ
surface form: Jains (as religious opponents in hagiographies)

Kulachirai Nayanar ⓘ
Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Chidambaram ⓘ
Madurai ⓘ
Sirkazhi ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Chidambaram Nataraja Temple ⓘ
Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple ⓘ
surface form: Madurai Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Temple

Sirkazhi Brahmapureeswarar Temple ⓘ
associatedWithText Tevaram ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Nayanars ⓘ
Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
birthPlace Sirkazhi ⓘ
birthRegion Chola Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Chola country
centuryActive 7th century ⓘ
contemporaryOf Appar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
country India ⓘ
devotionalGenre Tevaram hymns ⓘ
ethnicity Tamil ⓘ
hagiographicSource Periya Puranam ⓘ
honorific Appar ⓘ
iconography depicted as a child with cymbals ⓘ
often shown singing before Shiva ⓘ
knownFor being a child saint ⓘ
contributions to the Tevaram ⓘ
devotional hymns to Lord Shiva ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryForm padigam ⓘ
majorTheme devotion to Shiva ⓘ
praise of Shaiva temples ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement ⓘ
numberInTevaramTrinity one of the three principal Tevaram saints ⓘ
oneOf Nayanars ⓘ
surface form: 63 Nayanars
region Tamil Nadu ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
roleInCanon Tevaram primary author ⓘ
title Sambandar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tirugnana Sambandar
veneratedIn Shaivism ⓘ
Tamil Hindu tradition ⓘ
worshippedDeity Shiva ⓘ
worshipType saint veneration ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaivism → hasDevotionalPoets → Sambandar ⓘ
Tirumurai → includesHymnsBy → Sambandar ⓘ
Tevaram → composedBy → Sambandar ⓘ
Nayanars → keyFigure → Sambandar ⓘ
Appar → associatedWith → Sambandar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tirugnana Sambandar
Sambandar → title → Sambandar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tirugnana Sambandar