The composition of the twelve Alvars compiled in an anthology is known as ____________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Nalayira Divyaprabandham
By the tenth century the compositions of the twelve Alvars, the Tamil devotees of Vishnu, were compiled in an anthology called the Nalayira Divyaprabandham (“Four Thousand Sacred Compositions”). It was often described as the Tamil Veda, as important as the four Vedas in Sanskrit. The Tevaram is a different collection: it holds the poems of the Nayanars Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.2 Attitudes towards caste … The importance of the traditions of the Alvars and Nayanars was sometimes indicated by the claim that their compositions were as important as the Vedas. For instance, one of the major anthologies of compositions by the Alvars, the Nalayira Divyaprabandham, was frequently described as the Tamil Veda, thus claiming that the text was as significant as the four Vedas in Sanskrit that were cherished by the Brahmanas.…”
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