Tag: Sangam Literature

Poem Written By Lord Shiva Text Meaning

In one of these Avatars Lord Shiva composed a Poem in Tamil.

This is it with meaning.

This appears as the second poem in Kurunthogai, a Sangam Literature.

The author is given as Iraiyanar, a Name for Shiva.

Based on the present available evidence it may be stated that the Dasyu were not a part of the basic five tribes of the Rig Veda,

This could denote those who did not worship Agni, Fire, who were treated as Heretics.

This description fits the people of Dravida Desa, who did not worship Agni but Shiva.

This also confirms that the Shiva worship was in the South , they did not worship Fire,and were treated as outsiders by the Rig Veda.

But other practices of the Vedas were followed by the Dravidas, Tharpana, Yagas and Yagnyas.

Sage Agasthya who composed Rig Vedic Hymns is credited, along with Lord Shiva, as the Founder of the Tamil Language.