Nanmukan Tiruvantati | |
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Religion | Hinduism |
Author | Tirumalisai Alvar |
Language | Tamil |
Period | 9th–10th century CE |
Verses | 100 |
The Nanmukan Tiruvantati (Tamil: நான்முகன் திருவந்தாதி, romanized: Nāṇmukan Tiruvant̬āt̬ī, lit. 'The sacred hymn of the four-faced one')[1] is a Tamil Hindu work of literature composed by Tirumalisai Alvar, one of the twelve Alvars of Sri Vaishnavism.[2] Comprising 100 verses[3] in the form of a poetic device known as the antati, it is part of the compendium of hymns called the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.[4] It is dedicated to the preserver deity, Vishnu.[5]
Scholars have posited that the primary purpose of the Nanmukan Tiruvantati was to establish the supremacy of Narayana (Vishnu) over Nanmukan (Brahma) and Shankaran (Shiva).[6]