 He was called Tirunavukkarasar, meaning "the King of Divine Speech", and Sambandar called him Appar () when they met.He is believed to have died around the age of 81 in Tirupugalur.He extolled Shiva in 49,000 stanzas, out of which 3,130 are compiled in the fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of the "Tirumurai".