Prabandhas: Vaishnava devotional songs

Q.  What is prabandhas?
- Published on 23 Nov 15

a. Vaishnava devotional songs
b. Shaivite devotional songs
c. Tamil grammar
d. None

ANSWER: Vaishnava devotional songs
 
- The history of the Vaishnava movement from the end of the Gupta period till the first decade of the thirteenth century AD is concerned mainly with South India.
- Vaishnava poet-saints known as alvars (a Tamil word denoting those drowned in Vishnu-bhakti) preached single-minded devotion (ekatmika bhakti) for Vishnu and their songs were collectively known as prabandhas.

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