44-12 BCE: the commentator Anandagiri believed he was born at Chidambaram in 44 BCE and died in 12 BCE [REF].
788-820 CE: This was proposed by early 20th scholars and was customarily accepted by scholars such as Max Müller, Macdonnel, Pathok, Deussen and Radhakrishna,[REF] and others [REF].