These fourteen works, grouped together and called the PaNTaara caaththiram, can be treated as the complementary works of the Siddhanta Sastras. The thiruvaavaTuthutai maram has also produced scholars who did excellent service to saivism by their literary contributions. A few of the names are : 1. 2. carkkaraippulavar who wrote a commentary in thanizh on the Vedanta cudamani of Sankaracarya (sanskrit) on the Siddhantic lines. Nhamaccivaayaththampiraan : He wrote commentaries on Vinaa Venpaa and in colloboration with Veelappa theecikar on the Irupaa irupaxthu. Civanjaana munivar is the greatest of these scholars. His commentary on the Civanjaana pootham is called the maapaatiyam or thiraavita maapaariyam. He has produced a smaller commentary also (citturai) to the civanjaanapootham. He commented upon the civanjaana ciththiyaar (cupakkam) too. He was a genius and a poet of the first order. His literary genius can be gleaned in his works, viz., KaanjcippuraaNam, Coomeecar muthumozhi veNpaa, Thiruvekampar anhthaathi, Thirumullaivaayil anhthaathi, Kulhaththuurppathittuppaththanthaathi, Kalacaipathittuppaththanthaathi, ilhacaippathittuppaththanthaathi, Kacciaanantharuththireecar pathikam, Thiruveekamparaananthakkalhippu, Cengkazhu neer vinhaayakar pilhlhait ht hamizh, Amut haambikai pilhlhaiththamlzh, AkilaaNreecuvari pathikam etc.. All these are full with Siddantic concepts. He was a prolofic writer. His polemical writings, such as ciththaanthamarapu kaNranakan ranam, “eTuththu’ennum collukkiTTa vairakkuppaayam, Civa camavaatha urai matuppu etc., reveal his unlimitted and thorough knowledge of the other systems of philosophy. He was a grammarian of a very high order. 430
