Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Appar | (I) | Tevaram |
| (B) | Malfuzat | (II) | Tamil Veda |
| (C) | Tazkiras | (III) | Uttered conversation of Sufis |
| (D) | Nalayira Divyaprabandham | (IV) | Biographical accounts of saints |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) Appar — this matches (I) Tevaram. The poems of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar form the Tevaram, a collection compiled and classified in the tenth century on the basis of the music of the songs.
(B) Malfuzat — this matches (III) Uttered conversation of Sufis. Malfuzat (literally, “uttered”) are the conversations of sufi saints, such as the Fawa’id-al-Fu’ad of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya.
(C) Tazkiras — this matches (IV) Biographical accounts of saints. Tazkiras (literally, “to mention and memorialise”) are biographical accounts of saints; the Siyar-ul-Auliya was the first sufi tazkira written in India.
(D) Nalayira Divyaprabandham — this matches (II) Tamil Veda. This anthology of compositions by the Alvars was frequently described as the Tamil Veda, as significant as the four Vedas in Sanskrit.
NCERT (2026-27): “…By the tenth century the compositions of the 12 Alvars were compiled in an anthology known as the Nalayira Divyaprabandham (‘Four Thousand Sacred Compositions’). The poems of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar form the Tevaram, a collection that was compiled and classified in the tenth century on the basis of the music of the songs. 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.…”
|
