 The father of Sadaiya Nayanar is named as Arurar in the text.It is said that Sadaiya Nayanar had brought many virtues in his previous birth and was thus blessed by Shiva to have an illustrious son Sundarar.Sadaiya Nayanar names his son - who would be later known as Sundarar - Nambi Arurar (a name found in many of Sundarar's verses), after his own father.