The poets and teachers
Everyone who wrote the twelve Tirumurais and the fourteen Sastras, with the works of each and the page that tells their life.
Samaya Kuravars (the four religious preceptors)
Tirunavukkarasar (Appar)
திருநாவுக்கரசர் (அப்பர்)
7th century CE
Also called: Appar, Tirunavukkarasu
Tirujnanasambandar
திருஞானசம்பந்தர்
7th century CE
Also called: Sambandar, Gnanasambandar
Sundaramurti Nayanar
சுந்தரமூர்த்தி நாயனார்
8th–9th century CE
Also called: Sundarar
Manikkavasagar
மாணிக்கவாசகர்
disputed; commonly placed in the 9th century CE
Also called: Manikkavachakar
Santana Kuravars (the four lineage preceptors) · The line of teachers
Each taught the next: Meykandar, his disciple Arulnandi, Arulnandi's disciple Maraignana Sambandar, and his disciple Umapathi.
Meykandar
மெய்கண்டார்
13th century CE
Also called: Meykanda Devar
Arulnandi Sivacharyar
அருள்நந்தி சிவாசாரியார்
13th century CE
Also called: Arunandi
Maraignana Sambandar
மறைஞான சம்பந்தர்
13th–14th century CE
Umapathi Sivacharyar
உமாபதி சிவாசாரியார்
early 14th century CE
Also called: Umapati Sivam
Other poets of the Tirumurai
Senthanar
சேந்தனார்
c. 10th century CE
Also called: Sendanar
Tirumular
திருமூலர்
disputed; proposals range from about the 5th to the 8th century CE
Also called: Thirumoolar
Karaikkal Ammaiyar
காரைக்கால் அம்மையார்
c. 6th century CE
Nakkirar
நக்கீரர்
disputed
Also called: Nakkeerar
Pattinathu Pillaiyar (Pattinattar)
பட்டினத்துப் பிள்ளையார்
c. 10th century CE
Also called: Pattinattar
Nambiyandar Nambi
நம்பியாண்டார் நம்பி
10th–11th century CE
Also called: Nambi Andar Nambi
Sekkizhar
சேக்கிழார்
12th century CE (reign of Kulottunga II)
Other authors of the Sastras
Uyyavandadeva Nayanar of Tiruviyalur
திருவியலூர் உய்யவந்த தேவநாயனார்
12th century CE
Uyyavandadeva Nayanar of Tirukkadavur
திருக்கடவூர் உய்யவந்த தேவநாயனார்
late 12th century CE