| Civivakkiyar India (9th Century) Timeline Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva) Poems by Civivakkiyar Books |
Scholars guess that Civivakkiyar lived perhaps in the 9th century. Some of his poetry makes use of relatively modern words borrowed from Sanskrit, meaning he can't be placed in earlier centuries, yet he is mentioned by the earliest of Pattinattar's poetry, so he must have lived before the 10th century.
Like many other Tamil Siddhas, he denounced orthodoxy, mindless ritualism, and the strict caste system, all the while being a genuinely realized mystic.
His Tamil poems are gathered together in a collection called simply the Patal (Songs).
Poems by Civivakkiyar
- He is not Hari, He is not the Lord Siva
- In bricks and in granite
- Silence, unmoved and rising
- The slothful
- What are temples, tell me!
Recommended Books: Civivakkiyar
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