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Are Thiruvundhiyaar and Sivagnanabotham Christian?

Here is a soothiram from Thiruviyalur Uyyavandha Thevanaayanaar’s Thiruvundhiyaar, the first of the fourteen saththiram of Saiva Sidhhantha literature:

அகளமாய் யாரும் அறிவரி தப்பொருள்,
சகளமாய் வந்ததென் றுந்தீபற
தானாகத் தந்ததென் றுந்தீபற
The invisible One (who is a Spirit) Who could not be approached by anybody, expressed Himself in flesh (in His son Jesus) and gave Himself voluntarily.

All the 14 soothirams including the above contain messages entirely from the Bible.

One more from Meikandaar’s Sivagnanabotham, the basic book for 14 saaththirams says thus:
ஐம்புல வேடரின் அயர்ந்தனை வளர்ந்து எனத்
தம்முதல் குருவுமாய்த் தவத்தினில் உணர்த்திவிட்டு
அன்னியம் இன்மையின் அரன்கழல் செலுமே.
The eternal God condescended as a Teacher; He revealed that mankind fell into sin and lost his identity by submitting to his five senses that hunted him down; Sin separates man from God; God also suffered (and died) to remove man’s sin from his soul; Now, sin-free mankind can reach God’s feet.

Both these books are offshoots of the gospel messages in the Bible
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