Sirappuli Nayanar is described to have served the devotees of a Hindu god who is the Supreme Being within what tradition?
Sirappuli Nayanar Sirappuli Nayanar, also known as Sirappuli (also spelled as Cirappuli, Chirappuli), Sirapuli Nayanar, Sirappuliyar (Chirappuliyar), was a Nayanar saint, venerated in the Hindu sect of Shaivism. He is generally counted as the thirty-fifth in the list of 63 Nayanars. Sirappuli Nayanar is described to have served the devotees of the god Shiva and worshipped the god with various ritual practices.
Asraya Āśraya (Sanskrit: आश्रय) variously means – base, source, assistance, shelter, protection, refuge, dependence, having recourse to or depending on. In terms of Hindu philosophy, the living entity or "Jiva" is "āśraya", and Brahman or the Supreme Being, the Godhead, is "viśaya", the supreme objective, the goal of life Bhagavata Purana (VII.x.6). But, this word - "āśraya" conveying the primary meaning – 'refuge', immediately relates with the deity which is worshipped rather than with the abstract Brahman, the substratum of all that exists.