ism ▁and ▁hon oured ▁Sh a ivas , ▁the ▁dev ote es ▁of ▁Sh iva . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁toler ate ▁any ▁one ▁who ▁spoke ▁ill ▁about ▁Sh a ivas ▁and ▁cut ▁off ▁the ▁person ' s ▁tongue . ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁for ci b ly ▁pull ▁out ▁the ▁tong ues ▁of ▁the ▁" bl as ph em ous ▁s inners " ▁with ▁tong s ▁and ▁cut ▁them ▁off ▁with ▁sharp ▁kn ife ▁called ▁s atti , ▁which ▁gave ▁him ▁his ▁name ▁- ▁S atti ▁N ay an ar . ▁Sh iva ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁bl essed ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁service . ▁▁ ▁Some ▁K ann ada ▁and ▁S ansk rit ▁ins cri ptions ▁state ▁that ▁S atti ▁N ay an ar ▁( s ometimes ▁called ▁Sh akt in ath a ) ▁had ▁taken ▁a ▁v ow ▁to ▁sl ay ▁all ▁non - S ha ivas , ▁not ▁only ▁those ▁who ▁s land ered ▁Sh a ivas . ▁However , ▁no ▁tradition ▁actually ▁records ▁him ▁killing ▁any ▁individual . ▁Though ▁the ▁bl as ph em ers ▁are ▁not ▁explicitly ▁identified ▁in ▁the ▁narr ative , ▁they ▁are ▁interpreted ▁to ▁be ▁J ains ▁or ▁Buddh ists . ▁S atti ▁N ay an ar ▁may ▁sometimes ▁be ▁dep icted ▁sever ing ▁the ▁tongue ▁of ▁a ▁J ain ▁mon k . ▁In ▁folk ▁tradition , ▁he ▁is ▁called ▁Kal ac itt ia . ▁ ▁Ass ess ment ▁According ▁to ▁Sw ami ▁S ivan anda , ▁the ▁narr ative ▁of ▁S atti ▁N ay an ar