Thiruvilaiyadal puranam
(THE SACRED SPORTS OF SIVA)

Thiruvilaiyadal puranam in English
Sports No. kANtam Sports of God (thiruviLaiyAdal)

0. Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam - Introduction

1. Maduraik kANtam The removal of the crime of indra

2. " The removal of the curse on the white elephant

3. " Discovery of the god to mortals; Building the town of madura; and reign of the first king

4. " Incarnation of minatchi, the goddess of the temple

5. " Marriage of minatchi with siva by the name of sundaresvara

6. " God's dance in the silver hall

7. " The insatiable dwarf kundotharan

8. " Ganga, at the command of the god, produced the river vaigai

9. " The god brought the seven seas together into one place

10. " Recalling malayadhwaja from the dead, and translation of kanjana-malai

11. " The incarnation of subramanyan in the form of ukkira-pandian

12. " The god sundaresvarar gets his son married and furnishes him with three weapons

13. " Varunan is compelled to retire by the casting of the spear

14. " Ukkira-pandian strikes off indran's crown

15. " Ukkira-pandian struck mount meru and thence obtained wealth

16. " The god explained the inner meaning of the vedas

17. " The god provided jewels for the crown

18. " Varuna sending the sea to try the god's power; The latter called four clouds to absorb the sea

19. kUdal kANtam Varuna sending much rain, the god protected the place by a covering of clouds

20. " Sundaresar condescended to assume the form of a religious ascetic

21. " The sittar gave sugarcane to the stone-elephant

22. " The god killed the elephant which was born from the fire Of a sacrifice made by the chamanals (or jains)

23. " The god on account of gauri, became an old man, a young man, and a child

24. " Natarajar the dancing god altered his attitude, In the silver temple, at the request of the king

25. " The god relieved an innocent person who feared the avenger of blood

26. " The removing of the great crime

27. " The god punished the guilty disciple, by killing him

28. " The destroying of the striped serpent sent by the chamanals (jains)

29. " The god's nandi conquers the cow sent by the chamanals

30. " The god came with a great army, on account Of savundra samuntan general of the pandian

31. " The god gave an exhaustless purse to the pandian

32. " The god came and sold bracelets to women of the merchant caste

33. " The god taught the eight great meditations

34. " The god opened north gate, and showed the Temple to the chera king, closing the gate afterwards With the bullock seal

35. " The god preserved the pandian's army by the Miraculous appearance of a booth for giving away water

36. " The performance of alchemy by the god

37. " On the chera king making war, both he and The pandian fell into the lotus tank, from which The pandian was rescued

38. " The god gave a stock of paddy to a vellalan

39. " The god, coming as the maternal uncle of a merchant, settled a dispute

40. " The cure of varaguna pandian, and showing him the world of siva

41. " The god sold wood, and overcame the minstrel, named yemanathen in song

42. " The god gave to his votary, pattiren, A mandate, addressed to the chera king, requiring money

43. " The god gave to the minstrel pattiren, a golden board to sit upon

44. " The god, in the guise of a musician, Decided a contest in singing between two female performers, In the presence of the king

45. " The god nourished certain motherless young pigs, And endowed them partially with the human form

46. " The god made the twelve pigs ministers of state to the pandian king

47. " The god gave instruction to the little black bird

48. " The god gave paradise to the heron, And ordained that the lotus tank should produce no Living creature

49. thiruAlavAyk kANtam The god showed the boundaries of the town after the place had been destroyed by a flood

50. " The god conquered the soren king, who came To make war against the pandian, which was done by arrows Having the name of sundaresvaren written on them

51. " The god gave a bench to the college of poets; And mingling with them contributed to the improvement of The tamil language

52. " The god gave to terami a purse of gold

53. " The god rescued nakkiran from the tank

54. " The god by means of agastyar taught narkiran purity of grammar

55. " When the bench of learned brahmins were disagreed concerning the merits of different books, the god, by means of A dumb child, settled the difference

56. " The pandian having treated idei-kaden with neglect, The god was pleased to remove and dwell at avada-mathurai

57. " The god came with a net as a fisherrman, And removed the sentence denounced on parvati

58. " The god gave instruction to a person belonging to vathavur

59. " The god turned jackels into horses on behalf Of manickavasagar, who had been instructed Bythe gurumurthi

60. " The god turned the horses into jackals, And being displeased at the subsequent treatment of Manickavasagan, made the river vaigai overflow

61. " The god came to carry mud as a cooly, And the sacred body was struck with a cane

62. " Sambantar, cured kun pandian of his fever

63. " The impalement of the jains

64. " The god called a vanni tree, a lingam, and a well, From tirupurambiyam to bear witness to a marriage

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Thiruvilaiyadal puranam (THE SACRED SPORTS OF SIVA)

Thiruvilaiyadal puranam
(THE SACRED SPORTS OF SIVA)