Indira V. Peterson 1982. Indira V. Peterson (1982). "Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 69–90. doi:10.2307/601112. JSTOR601112.
Spencer 1970, p. 240, quoting Chettiar 1941, p. 45 Spencer, George W. (1970). "The Sacred Geography of the Tamil Shaivite Hymns". Numen. 17 (Fasc. 3): 232–244. doi:10.1163/156852770X00063. JSTOR3269705. Chettiar, C. M. Ramachandran (1941). "Geographical Distribution of Religious Places in Tamil Nad". Indian Geographical Journal (XVI): 42–50. ISSN0019-4824.
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For a few additional examples (Translator: V.M.Subramanya Ayyar), see: Tevaram I.24.10: "the god in kāḻi who pressed down angrily by gently fixing his toe to crush the arakkaṉ who lifted (the mountain), the pure one who smears the ash which is dust, took pity (on him) as he began to praise god by singing Sama Veda (cāma vētam);" Tevaram I.52.1: "one who dwells in Neṭuṅkaḷam, you who have the Vedas (Vetams) as your word! whose dress is a skin! who has on his long caṭai a prospering crescent! unless people praise you in the above mentioned manner; you do not mind the faults of people who have defects; weed out the affliction of those who have moral firmness and who are superior by their principles.;" Tevaram V.30.6: "(My mind!) worship with folded hands sincerely early in life, Shiva (Civaṉ) who chants the four Vedas (Vētams) which contain good things, who receives alms in the teethless white skull, who is in tillai (citamparam), and the god who is in parāittuṟai in the south; Tevaram VII.69.9: "God well-versed in Vedic love who destroyed the precious life of the Kālaṉ (God of death) who came without any regard, to bind by the noose Markaṇṭeyaṉ the bachelor who fell prostrate at the feet of Shiva (Civaṉ) with flowers from which fragrance was spreading, with the leg! the god in Tirumullaivāyil of great wealth! the spiritual preceptor who gave out the meanings of the Vedas (Vētams) which are eternal; root out the sufferings that I your slave have to undergo.
Peterson 1989, pp. 292–293, Quote: "The Saiva hagiographers speak of several incidents in which the Jains used their influence on the Pallava king in Kanchipuram to take revenge on Appar for his desertion".. Peterson, Indira Viswanathan (1989). Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN9780691067674. JSTORj.ctt7zvqbj. OCLC884013180.
Indira V. Peterson 1982. Indira V. Peterson (1982). "Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 69–90. doi:10.2307/601112. JSTOR601112.
Spencer 1970, p. 240, quoting Chettiar 1941, p. 45 Spencer, George W. (1970). "The Sacred Geography of the Tamil Shaivite Hymns". Numen. 17 (Fasc. 3): 232–244. doi:10.1163/156852770X00063. JSTOR3269705. Chettiar, C. M. Ramachandran (1941). "Geographical Distribution of Religious Places in Tamil Nad". Indian Geographical Journal (XVI): 42–50. ISSN0019-4824.
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Ignatius Hirudayam, "Canonical Books of Saivism and Vaishnavism in Tamil and Sanskrit" in Menachery 2010, p. 16 ff. Menachery, George, ed. (2010). St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India. Vol. III. Trichur, Kerala. OCLC1237836.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Peterson 1989, pp. 292–293, Quote: "The Saiva hagiographers speak of several incidents in which the Jains used their influence on the Pallava king in Kanchipuram to take revenge on Appar for his desertion".. Peterson, Indira Viswanathan (1989). Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN9780691067674. JSTORj.ctt7zvqbj. OCLC884013180.
Spencer 1970, p. 240, quoting Chettiar 1941, p. 45 Spencer, George W. (1970). "The Sacred Geography of the Tamil Shaivite Hymns". Numen. 17 (Fasc. 3): 232–244. doi:10.1163/156852770X00063. JSTOR3269705. Chettiar, C. M. Ramachandran (1941). "Geographical Distribution of Religious Places in Tamil Nad". Indian Geographical Journal (XVI): 42–50. ISSN0019-4824.
Xavier Irudayaraj, "Self-Understanding of Saiva Siddanta Scriptures," in Menachery 2010, p. 14 ff. Menachery, George, ed. (2010). St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India. Vol. III. Trichur, Kerala. OCLC1237836.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)