 Both the Saiva and Vaishnava textual tradition negated the Vedic orthodoxy and Smartha tradition practised during the era.The authority of the hymns was established in their stead, with the Saivities calling "Tevaram" "the Tamil Marai" and Vaishnavities calling their contemporaneous "Nalayira Divya Prabandham" "the Dravida Veda".The usage of Sanskrit liturgies for religion was superseded by the usage of Tamil in both "Tevaram" and "Prabandham".