The Tiruviruttam (Tamil: திருவிருத்தம், lit. 'sacred verses') is a work of Tamil Hindu literature composed by Nammalvar, a poet-saint of the Sri Vaishnava tradition. Comprising one hundred verses, is one of the many works present in the compilation known as the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.[1] According to tradition, it is said to contain the quintessence of the Rigveda.[2]
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^Sundararajan, K. R.; Mukerji, Bithika (2003). Hindu Spirituality: Postclassical and Modern. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 98. ISBN 978-81-208-1937-5.
^Hooper, John Stirling Morley (1929). Hymns of the Āl̤vars. Association Press. p. 59.
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