The Āḻvārs

The following are books/articles that deal with the dates, places, identities, and so forth of the Āḻvārs, in full or partially.

Their identities

• Anandakichenin, Suganya. “Āḻvār”. Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Dordrecht: Springer, 2018 (b). Online.

Their dates

• Aiyangar, M. Raghava (1929). Āḻvārkaḷ kālanilai. Maturai: Maturai Tamiḻ Caṅkam. 
• Aiyangar, M. Raghava (1936). “The Contemporaneity of Saints Tirumangaiyar and Gnanasambanda”. In V. Rangacharya, C. S. Srinivasachari & V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (Eds.). Dr. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar Commemoration Volume. Madras: G. S. Press, pp. 201-211.
• Aiyar, K. G. S. (1931). “Kulaśēkhara Āḻvār and his Date”. The Indian Historical Quarterly. Vol. 7, pp. 644-654. 
• Arunachalam, M. (1980). “A Chronology of the Āḻvārs”. Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Journal. Silver Jubilee Number (Supplement), Vol. 23, pp. 23-49. 

Their places

• Aiyangar, R. Raghava (1917). Vañci Mānakar. Maturai: Tamiḻccaṅkamuttirācālai. 

Works on Vaiṣṇavism

• Aiyangar, Sakkottai Krishnaswami (1920). Early History of Vaishnavism in South India. London: The Oxford University Press.