ఆళ్వారు

Noun

 * 1)  A Vaishnava name for a saint.

Usage notes

 * The Alwars or saints were twelve in number and are considered to have been incarnations of the attendants, arms, or insignia of Vishnu: each of them wrote a portion of the "Dravida Prabandham" or "Tamil Veda" help in greater veneration that the original Sanskrit Veda, of which it is, in fact, an ancient Tamil translation (Ellis.) The is a history of these personages. A hawk is sometimes called.