▁belonged ▁to ▁Bra h min , ▁K sh atri ya , ▁Va ish ya ▁& ▁Sh ud ra ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁couple ts ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁considered ▁( A var na ) ▁beyond ▁cas te ▁bound ▁person . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁az h war ▁saint ▁who ▁lived ▁for ▁ 4 5 0 0 ▁Years . ▁ ▁Az hw ars ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁az h war ▁means ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁div es ▁deep ▁into ▁the ▁ocean ▁of ▁the ▁count less ▁attributes ▁of ▁god . ▁Az hw ars ▁are ▁considered ▁the ▁twelve ▁supre me ▁dev ote es ▁of ▁V ish nu , ▁who ▁were ▁instrument al ▁in ▁popular ising ▁Va ish nav ism . ▁The ▁religious ▁works ▁of ▁these ▁sain ts ▁in ▁T amil , ▁songs ▁of ▁love ▁and ▁dev otion , ▁are ▁compiled ▁as ▁N al ay ira ▁Div ya ▁P rab and ham ▁containing ▁ 4 0 0 0 ▁vers es ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 0 8 ▁tem ples ▁rever ed ▁in ▁their ▁songs ▁are ▁class ified ▁as ▁Div ya ▁des am . ▁The ▁sain ts ▁had ▁different ▁orig ins ▁and ▁belonged ▁to ▁different ▁cast es . ▁As ▁per ▁tradition , ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁az hw ars , ▁Po ig ai , ▁Bh ut ha ▁and ▁P ey ▁were ▁born ▁mi rac ul ously . ▁Tir um iz his ai ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁s age , ▁Th ond ar adi , ▁Math ur ak avi , ▁Per ia ▁and ▁And al ▁were ▁from ▁bra h min ▁community , ▁K