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His commentary on the preface of the tholkaapiyam, edition of nhanmuul with cangkaranamaccivaayar's commentary and the ilakkanavilhakkaccuutaavalhi bring out his perfect knowledge of both the Sanskrit and Tamil grammars. He has translated many Sanskrit works into Thamizh. Theyread like original writings. They are: Tarukka cangkirakam, AnnampaTTiiyam, Carvaathma campu’S, Ciththaanthap pirakaacikai, Harathaththa’s cullo oka panjcakam and Appayya thiitcithar’s Civathaththuva viveekam. It was Civanjaana munivar, who for the first time, presented logically the system of Saiva Sidhdhanta in his commentary. Veethaantha theecikar said ‘we come to know of the meanings of the Vedas from the writings of the Alwars’. This encomium can be aptly applied to Civanjaana munivar. His disciple was Kacciyappa munivar, who was called the “KaviraaTcaca”. His works, Puuvaalhuurppuraanam, PeeruurppuraaNam, Vinaayaka puraaNam, Thiruvaanaikkaap puraaNam, Thanikaippuraanam etc., speak of the Siddhanta tenets... Makaaviththuvaan Miinaarchicundaram Pilhlhai of the last century was another genius that the Thiruvaavaruthutai aathiinam has produced. His works, about a hundred and twenty, expound the tenets of this system. He wrote mostly Thala purasıN «ı ım s .. The heads of the Tharumapuram aathiinam also contributed to the spread of the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy, by their writings. These works are also called the Pantaara caaththiram But, unlike the name-sake of the Thiruvaatatuthutai aathiinam, this collection contains more than fourteen works. They are in fact, eighteen in number. The first eight were by Gurunjaana campanthar, the founder, himself. Thiruvampala theecikar wrote two. Thirunaavukkaracu cuvaamikalh contributed one and civanjaana theecikar six... 431