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Appar, also referred to as Tirunāvukkarasar (Tamil: திருநாவுக்கரசர்) or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Śaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Śaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime between 570 and 650 CE. Appar composed 4,900 devotional hymns to the god Shiva, out of which 313 have survived and are now canonized as the 4th to 6th volumes of Tirumurai. One of the most prominent of the sixty-three revered Nayanars, he was an older contemporary of Thirugnana Sambandar.

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  • Appar, also referred to as Tirunāvukkarasar (Tamil: திருநாவுக்கரசர்) or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Śaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Śaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime between 570 and 650 CE. Appar composed 4,900 devotional hymns to the god Shiva, out of which 313 have survived and are now canonized as the 4th to 6th volumes of Tirumurai. One of the most prominent of the sixty-three revered Nayanars, he was an older contemporary of Thirugnana Sambandar. His images are found and revered in Tamil Shiva temples. His characteristic iconography in temples show him carrying a farmer's small hoe – a gardening tool and weed puller. (en)
  • Appar (właściwie Thirunavukkarasar, tamil. திருநாவுக்கரசர) – VII-wieczny poeta-święty śiwaicki, jeden z czterech najważniejszych przedstawicieli tamilskiego ruchu najanarów. (pl)
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  • Marul Neekkiyar (en)
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  • 570 (xsd:integer)
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  • Marul Neekkiyar (en)
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  • Tiruvamur, Panruti, Chola Kingdom (en)
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  • ThiruNaavukarasar (en)
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  • 650 (xsd:integer)
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  • Thiruppugalur Chola Kingdom (en)
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  • Nayanar saint, Moovar (en)
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  • Tevaram 4,5,6 (en)
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  • Appar Tirunaavukarasar (en)
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  • Appar (właściwie Thirunavukkarasar, tamil. திருநாவுக்கரசர) – VII-wieczny poeta-święty śiwaicki, jeden z czterech najważniejszych przedstawicieli tamilskiego ruchu najanarów. (pl)
  • Appar, also referred to as Tirunāvukkarasar (Tamil: திருநாவுக்கரசர்) or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Śaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Śaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime between 570 and 650 CE. Appar composed 4,900 devotional hymns to the god Shiva, out of which 313 have survived and are now canonized as the 4th to 6th volumes of Tirumurai. One of the most prominent of the sixty-three revered Nayanars, he was an older contemporary of Thirugnana Sambandar. (en)
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  • Appar (en)
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  • Appar Tirunaavukarasar (en)
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