Practicing Success
The anthology 'Nalayira Divyaprabandham' or 'Four Thousand Sacred Compositions' is composed by how many Alvar Saints? |
10 12 16 14 |
12 |
The correct answer is Option (2) → 12 The "Nalayira Divyaprabandham" is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses of devotional poetry in the Tamil Alvar Bhakti tradition. These verses were composed by 12 Alvar Saints, who were prominent Vaishnava saints and poets in South India between the 6th and 9th centuries. By the tenth century the compositions of the 12 Alvars were compiled in an anthology known as the Nalayira Divyaprabandham (“Four Thousand Sacred Compositions”). |