(i) Poets, sweet and chaste: Poets composing songs in elegant diction, abounding in choice words, pregnant with meaning, are said to be sweet and if they also happen to be selfless singers of the Lord’s glory, they are chaste indeed. This combined appellation would, however, cover only a few poets of the eminence of the first three Āzhvārs (Poikai, Pēy and Pūtattāḻvār). + Read more