அபபர தவரததல தலவ கறற / Thalaivi Kootru in Appar Thevara Hymns

Our classical Tamil language is ancient and glorious. It has a vast literary scope within itself. Tamil has been a devotional language for many centuries. Devotional literature in Tamil helps to mature the human mind. The ancient Tamils praised love and bravery as two eyes. They called love life Agam and formulated the morality (Thinai) related to it as Agathinai. Literature does not name the inner beings but refers to them in general terms such as Thalaivan, Thalaivi, Thozhi, Sevili, Nattrai. Language, race and religion are the factors that drive the society. Although the structure of society is economically strong and prosperous, language and religion are the factors that make people easily reachable. Of these, religion builds a society based on emotions. A linguistic society is built in a state of both knowledge and feeling. Tamil Nadu that was corrupted by the arrival of its neighboring ethnic groups was benefited only during the period of Bhakti literature. The main reason for this was Saiva religion. The reason Tamil language is in high esteem is because of the four stalwarts (Samayakuravars) of Saiva religion. Thus, the purpose of this article is to examine the statements of beloved (Thalaivi) expressed in the hymns of the Appar’s Thevaram.