Periya Puranam
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Periya Puranam is a 12th-century Tamil hagiographical epic by Sekkizhar that narrates the lives and devotion of the 63 Nayanmar saints of Shaivism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Periya Puranam canonical | 5 |
| Tiruttondar Puranam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5248093 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Periya Puranam Context triple: [Tirumurai, contains, Periya Puranam]
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A.
Cilappatikāram
Cilappatikāram is a classical Tamil epic poem that narrates the tragic story of Kannagi and is considered one of the greatest works of ancient Tamil literature.
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B.
Tirumurai
Tirumurai is the twelve-volume collection of sacred Tamil Shaivite devotional hymns that forms a central scripture of South Indian Shaivism.
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C.
Puranānūru
Puranānūru is an ancient Tamil poetic anthology of the Sangam era, renowned for its verses on war, kingship, ethics, and the public life of early Tamil society.
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D.
Amuktamalyada
Amuktamalyada is a celebrated Telugu epic poem that narrates the story of the Tamil Alvar saint Andal and is renowned for its literary richness and devotional depth.
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E.
Padma Purana
The Padma Purana is one of the major Hindu Puranic texts, renowned for its extensive narratives on cosmology, pilgrimage, devotion (bhakti), and religious practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Periya Puranam Target entity description: Periya Puranam is a 12th-century Tamil hagiographical epic by Sekkizhar that narrates the lives and devotion of the 63 Nayanmar saints of Shaivism.
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A.
Cilappatikāram
Cilappatikāram is a classical Tamil epic poem that narrates the tragic story of Kannagi and is considered one of the greatest works of ancient Tamil literature.
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B.
Tirumurai
Tirumurai is the twelve-volume collection of sacred Tamil Shaivite devotional hymns that forms a central scripture of South Indian Shaivism.
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C.
Puranānūru
Puranānūru is an ancient Tamil poetic anthology of the Sangam era, renowned for its verses on war, kingship, ethics, and the public life of early Tamil society.
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D.
Amuktamalyada
Amuktamalyada is a celebrated Telugu epic poem that narrates the story of the Tamil Alvar saint Andal and is renowned for its literary richness and devotional depth.
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E.
Padma Purana
The Padma Purana is one of the major Hindu Puranic texts, renowned for its extensive narratives on cosmology, pilgrimage, devotion (bhakti), and religious practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shaiva text
ⓘ
Tamil literary work ⓘ devotional literature ⓘ epic poem ⓘ hagiography ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tiruttondar Puranam
ⓘ
linked to:
Periya Puranam
|
| associatedDeity | Shiva ⓘ |
| author | Sekkizhar ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 12th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Kulothunga Chola II
ⓘ
linked to:
Kulothunga II
|
| contains | biographies of individual Nayanmars ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important text in Tamil Bhakti movement
ⓘ
key source for Tamil Shaiva history ⓘ |
| depicts | social and religious life in medieval Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| describes |
acts of devotion to Shiva
ⓘ
miracles of Nayanmar saints ⓘ pilgrimages of Nayanmar saints ⓘ |
| focusesOn | devotion to Shiva ⓘ |
| genre |
Bhakti literature
ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Chola dynasty ⓘ |
| honors |
63 Nayanmars
ⓘ
linked to:
Nayanmars
|
| influenced |
Tamil Shaiva devotional practice
ⓘ
later Tamil hagiographical literature ⓘ |
| language | Tamil ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Bhakti (devotion) to Shiva
ⓘ
saintly exemplars of devotion ⓘ |
| meter | viruttam ⓘ |
| narrates | lives of the 63 Nayanmar saints ⓘ |
| originallyComposedIn | medieval Tamil ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shaiva canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Śaiva Āgamas
Tirumurai ⓘ |
| positionInTirumurai | twelfth Tirumurai ⓘ |
| preservedIn | palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ |
| region | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| religion | Shaivism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Tamil script ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
South Asian studies
ⓘ
Tamil literary studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| subject | Nayanmar saints ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early medieval South India ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | religious biography collection ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Shaiva temple liturgy
ⓘ
Tamil religious discourses ⓘ |
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Subject: Periya Puranam Description of subject: Periya Puranam is a 12th-century Tamil hagiographical epic by Sekkizhar that narrates the lives and devotion of the 63 Nayanmar saints of Shaivism.
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linked to: Periya Puranam