{"collection":"Hinduism","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_hin_htss_htss03_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_hin_htss_htss03_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_hin_htss_htss03_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/htss/htss03.htm","summary":"Click to enlarge\nSAMBANDAR\n(Tamil: TIRU J\u00d1\u0100NA SAMBANDAM\u016aRTI SW\u0100M\u012a)\nIn the first half of the seventh century A.D. the worship of \u015aiva Was at its lowest ebb, overpowered by the Jainism and Buddhism which prevailed throughout the Tamil country. But a few pious \u015aaivites remained faithful.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints: Sambandar And His Hymns","tradition":"Hinduism","translated_text":null,"word_count":2096}