later as per some theorists like avvai doraisami pillai. But this trend was between 300 AD and 1200AD. During these period tamil country did not have significant siddhantha works. It was possible there was a conflict between agama pattern and vedic pattern of saivism. One story in periya puranam depicts the conflict. The Meiporul nayanar story among the 63 nayanmars shows how Muthanadhan kills him in The agama pattern of saivism and its gnana portion became saivasiddhantham the pretext of teaching an agama book. The Tamil tradition does not have all the agamas now. The agamas may have perished during the “Jain phase” of tamilagam . The sivachariyas of tamilnadu carried the information by heart and preserved the concepts in Sanskrit and Tamil. They are called “adhi saivars” . The fall of Jainism (in 5TH CE) has led to the development of bakthi literature in Tamil and the thirumurai phase of saivam in the Tamil speaking regions . The next phase in the development of saivam in tamilagam was in 13th century AD. This phase traditionally been with Meykandar and his followers like Arulnandhi, Maraignana sambandhar and Umapathisivachriyar. (மெய்கண்டார்,அருள்நந்தி, மறைஞானசம்பந்தம், உமாபதிசிவம்) They have written the 14 sandhana texts. These times were politically volatile in north India. South India offered a peaceful recluse for Hindu philosophers and saivism had the advantage to continue and flourish . This was followed by the establishment of the adheenams from thiru-avaduthurai first. Eighteen such adheenams were established. They were the medieval universities in south India. Many new books were written under their patronage. They continue to function to this date. They call themselves as Nandi marabu(tradition) recalling the thirunandhi dhevar who learnt agamas from lord Siva from mount Kailas. Hence they are known as thiru kaiyilaya parambarai(genealogy)(திருக்கயிலாய பரம்பரை).
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