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 | | Saiva Siddhanta is rich in its temple traditions, religious festivals, sacred arts, spiritual culture, priestly clans, monastic orders and guru-disciple lineages. | | | Saiva Siddhanta flowered in South India as a forceful bhakti movement infused with insights on siddha yoga. | | | Later, King Bhoja Paramara of Gujarat (ca 1018) condensed the massive body of Siddhanta scriptural texts that preceded him into a one concise metaphysical treatise called Tattvaprakasa, considered a foremost Sanskrit scripture on Saiva Siddhanta. |
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| Â | Saiva Siddhanta Church |
| | Saiva Siddhanta Church is a spiritual institution dedicated to protect, preserve and promote the Saivite Hindu religion, to nurturing its own Church missions and membership internationally and to serving, through its publications and web sites, the broader community of Hindus throughout the world. | | | This is the book of discipline of Saiva Siddhanta Church, expounding ways of wisdom in Hindu living unparalleled throughout history. | | | The name of our Hindu church is Saiva Siddhanta Church, meaning "sacred congregation of Supreme God Siva's revealed Truth." These two Sanskrit words and one English word we consider to be our international trademark. |
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| Â | Primer in Saiva Siddhanta |
| | Saiva Siddhantist believes that souls of other religions should excel and achieve the native blessedness of that particular religion; thus, no religion (other Hindu sects included) can give the ultimate release that Saivism gives. | | | Siva is the God of gods of different religions and answers prayers through the surrogate gods. | | | That is not the end of the road; within Savism there are subdivisions or inner religions; once the soul attains excellence in the inner religion, the soul has to take birth in Saiva Siddhanta. |
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http://www.bhagavadgitausa.com/primer_in_saiva_siddhanta.htm
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| | The Tevaram and the Tiruvachakam which are the hymns of the Saiva saints of South India, the Divya-Prabandham of the Alvar saints of South India, the songs of Sant Kabir, the Abhangas of Sant Tukaram and the Ramayana of Sant Tulasidas- all of which are the outpourings of great realised souls- are wonderful scriptures. | | | Lord Siva is the central God in the Saiva Agamas. | | | The Saiva Agamas glorify God as Siva and have given rise to an important school of philosophy known as Saiva-Siddhanta, which prevails in South India, particularly in the districts of Tirunelveli and Madurai. |
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http://www.hinduism.co.za/vedas-.htm
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| | Saivaism is believed to be the oldest living faith today. | | | Though Buddhism posed some challenge to Saivaism in Eelam, their impact on Saivaism is not considered to be that significant. | | | It is believed that the legendary Saiva Siddha &; Boganathar- gave initiation to his famous disciple- the deathless guru known as Babaji- in Kathirgamam some where in the second century AD. |
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| Â | An Introduction to the Tamil Siddhas - Layne Little |
| | Though it was the one work outlining the philosophy of the Saiva Siddhanta cult, the orthodox followers within the Saiva Siddhanta sect have always had a difficult time fully accepting the many passages which discuss the worship of the Goddess and the Kundalini Yoga practices so characteristic of Tantrism. | | | The nature of Ramalingar's heresy is found to be all the more insidious when we learn that he also cherished and called his own the devotional hymns of Saiva Siddhanta saints other than Tirumular. | | | This appellation is evident even in the Shaivite devotionals known as the Tevaram hymns of the 6th and 7th centuries that would later become part of the Saiva Siddhanta canon. |
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| | Saiva Maha Deeksha alone confers purity called as " Yaavajjeeva Sivatwam " to perform " Yaavajjeeva Sivaaraadhana " stated in the scriptures, because a Lingadhari is always considered pure, sacred called as Aradhya or a person fit to be worshipped by all. | | | Besides Principal of Sanskrit college at Chittuguduru, he was author of Sankararadhya Charitam, Kanchi Khandam, History of Saiva poets and propogated Saiva Siddhanta through Saiva Mata Prakasica run by Sri Panditaradhyula Sarabharadhyula varu between1954 to 1958 AD. | | | He was author of about 21 books in Sanskrit and Telugu, which include Sivatandava Leela, Warangal Ashtavadhanam, Devi Stotra Nakshatramala, Matrumala Sthavam, Istalinga Satakam, etc. He publishsed various articles on Srouta Saiva Siddhanta of a very high order. |
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| Â | Saiva Siddhanta Catechism - Part I |
| | Saiva Vina Vidai Book 2 by Sri-La-Sri Arumuga Navalar is a Tamil Book written in the form of Questions and Answers on the essential elements of Saiva Siddhanta Philosophy and Religion. | | | If one could learn well this book, he would be able to gain the basic knowledge of the essential elements of the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy and practice of the religion. | | | Most of the Tamil children of Saiva descent in Malaysia have not enough Tamil knowledge to study this book in Tamil and gain the spiritual know- ledge. |
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| Â | Monks of Kauai's Hindu Monastery |
| | They are the ministers of Saiva Siddhanta Church overseeing an international religious mission, while living a strict lifestyle of daily religious worship, meditation, yoga and service. | | | On retreat days he loves to bake desserts, cook delectable meals, grow exotic temple flowers and spend time alone in his yoga practices, in preparation for one day taking sannyas and joining the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order as a swami. | | | On retreat days Yogi Mahadevan works with his orchid collection, prepares special meals for the mathavasis, studies astrology and spends long hours on his yoga disciplines, which are preparing him to one day qualify to take lifetime vows of renunciation and enter the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order of swamis. |
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http://www.himalayanacademy.com/SaivaSiddhantaChurch/MonasticLife/IntroHoly.html
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| Â | Saiva Canon: The Twelve Tirumurais |
| | Saivism as a religion and Saiva Siddhanta as its philosophy are also introduced. | | | Though Saiva Siddhanta as a philosophical system blossomed in the 13th Century, the tenets of the religion were there much earlier. | | | One of the greatest movements of the world, the Saiva bhakti movement took place in Tamilnadu between the seventh and tenth centuries. |
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| Â | "Still a missionary after all these years," Review Discussion of Paul Knitter's Jesus and the Other Names in Horizons, ... |
| | Studying Saiva Siddhanta and de Nobili have opened for me fresh understandings of what "incarnation" means for Christians and Hindus; expressed as it was in the Tamil (and Sanskrit) languages, the conversation also at least moves toward a truly fresh consideration of incarnation, not cast entirely in the terms of Western theological vocabulary. | | | But I can see that tracing this path from Ignatius Hirudayam to Saiva Siddhanta to de Nobili and his views of incarnation to other Hindu understandings of divine presence in the world gives me a substantial and fruitful basis for thinking about divine presence and Christ in today's world. | | | Still, since Saiva Siddhanta is a living tradition, since there are still missionaries in India, and both mission work and interreligious (mis)understanding matters of debate, studying the old debate can also be connected back to the issues Ignatius Hirudayam lived for and Paul writes about in general terms. |
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| Â | Saiva Siddhanta Brahmin Samaj |
| | It is the formalized theology of the divine revelations contained in the twenty-eight Saiva Agamas. | | | Term : "Saiva Siddhanta: "final conclusions of Saivism." The most widespread and influential Saivite school today, predominant especially among the Tamil people in Sri Lanka and South India. | | | Description : "Saiva Siddhanta: "final conclusions of Saivism." The most widespread and influential Saivite school today, predominant especially among the Tamil people in Sri Lanka and South India. |
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| | His Tamil book 'Saivaththai Ariyunkal' deals with all aspects of Saiva religion, and is useful to all the Saivites to have a clear understanding of their religion. | | | This book was written years ago by Doctor, Pandit M. Kanthiah of Erlalai, who is the known top most scholar in Saiva Siddhanta philosophy and Saiva religion, living among us today. | | | He was given this award for his services to Saiva religion, its philosophy and culture. |
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| | Theological writings: Siddhanta is a philosophy of religion and has yogic base, carya and kriya being rituals, and yoga and jnana being spiritual practice and development of consciousness They are respectively called tavam and jnanam. | | | The next epoch-making event was the systematisation of Saiva Siddhanta metaphysics and religious theology by Sri Meikantadeva Nayanar (Circa 1221 AD) in his Sivjnanabodham and its commentary by Sri Arulnandi Sivacarya in Sivajnana Siddhiyar. | | | These texts were well known to Lanka‘s Saivaite scholars and available in palm leaf manuscripts even before the Bodham was first printed by Maduranayagam Pillai in Madras in the later half of the 19th century and later all the 14 Siddhanta Sastras by Saiva Mutts in Tamil Nadu. |
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| | Gurudeva stands by the original Saiva Siddhanta of Saint Tirumular as being in accord with his own spiritual realizations. | | | It is a document upon which the entire religion could stand if needed, for it is a summary and compilation of all that Saivite Hinduism contains and is an inspired revelation of the original Saiva Siddhanta. | | | He therefore has "divided" the Saiva Siddhanta into two distinct schools, with the Saiva Siddhanta Church abiding with Tirumular's conclusions. |
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| Â | Kauai's Hindu Monastery |
| | This powerful spiritual sanctuary on 458 acres of tropical lushness was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (below) (1927-2001) and is the home of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and the order of 21 swamis, yogis and sadhakas from six nations and is the Theological Seminary for Saiva Siddhanta Church. |
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| | Dr. Pope, the well known Tamil grammarian, has stated that Saiva Siddhanta is one of the most influential and intrinsically valuable of the religious writings in India. | | | Their Book of Four Thousand Psalms, Nalayira Prabandham, constitutes a hymnology dating from the 12th century. | | | Sixty three Saiva saints are recognized and their lives are recounted in the Periya Puranam Sekkilar. |
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| | An announcement received by Hinduism Today noted that 31 papers have been submitted as of mid-October and further said: "Saivism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and its philosophy, Saiva Siddhanta, is one complete by itself. | | | After centuries of relative slumber, this noble South Indian spiritual tradition is getting moderate international exposure through books, research and institutions. | | | Most of the world outside of India, urged on be Western academic momentum, regards Vedanta as the unique embodiment of India's spiritual heritage. |
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http://www.hinduism-today.com/archives/1986/12/1986-12-08.shtml
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| | This unified Vedic-Agamic doctrine is also known as Shuddha Saiva Siddhanta. | | | The Articles of Faith of Saiva Siddhanta Church are: 1) Saivite Creed, 2) Affirmation of Faith, 3) Two Doctrines, 4) Scriptural Foundations and 5) Five Precepts. | | | In the context of this book, a senior swami of the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order, founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in 1949. |
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| | Saiva Siththantham is a non-PurAnic, non-Vedic religion, where as Puranic Saivaism believes in Veda and Varna system. | | | Saiva sindhanta is most definitely not limited to you, and you didnt define it, and according to most of the followers of saiva sindhanta vedas are an integral part. | | | Please note that Tamil Saivaism includes the worship of Siva, Murugan, Parvathi, Pilliyar, ThirumAl, and several other Non-Agama deities of Tamil origin. |
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| Â | Mysticism in Shaivism and Christianity |
| | Setting out a spiritual dialogue between Saiva and Christian mysticism, the book articulates world views of the mystical traditions of Saiva Siddhanta, Kashmir Saivism, Meister Eckhart, Hadewijch, Julian of Norwich, St. Ignatius Loyola and of the Eastern Christianity. |
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http://www.exoticindia.com/book/details/IDD193/
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| Â | Siddha Community: The Saivite Hindu Religion |
| | His successor and guru of the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order and Kailasa Parampara is Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. | | | Worship of the Lord, Ishvarapujana: Cultivating devotion through daily worship and meditation. | | | Cognition, mati: Developing a spiritual will and intellect with the guru& guidance. |
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| Â | Tiruppukal as classical music and its role in the cult of Murukan |
| | And classical music is a form of worship of God Siva in particular, as the divine origin and embodiment of music and its fulfilment. | | | As its basis is the Saiva Agamas system of philosophy telling the method of Siva worship, twenty-eight in number. | | | The Kamika Agama, which rules most of the temple rituals of South India, suggests that hymns in Tamil should be sung immediately after the daily worship in temple rituals. |
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| Â | The Hindu : Exposition of Saiva Siddhanta |
| | The book is a great treasure worthy to be possessed not only by Saiva Siddhanta followers but by all who value such mighty inputs to the mosaic of Hindu religion and philosophy. | | | In the eighth and concluding chapter, the author summarises his perception of Saiva Siddhanta and its teachings. | | | Saiva Siddhanta holds that God, souls and world are eternal, beginningless and endless. |
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| | The Saiva Siddhanta system is the most elaborate, influential and undoubtedly the most intrinsically valuable of all the religions of India. | | | Siva and Sakti form the centerpiece of devotion, worship and adulation. | | | He came down from Himalayas to Tamil country. |
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http://www.bhagavadgitausa.com/TIRUMANTIRAM-epilogue.htm
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| Â | Vaidika Saiva Siddhanta |
| | By the reasons quoted above, we easily come to understand that all the principal upanishats belong to Saivism only, and those who worship the Vedic Siva according to the prescribed Saiva rules are called Vaidika-Saivas. | | | It is said in 14th Adhyaya of Jnanayoga Khanda of Sutasamhita. | | | In 1882 he came to Tirunelveli and took to teaching in the famous Saiva Vidhyasalai. |
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| | This tradition is founded on the teachings of the Saiva Agamas, revealed texts on ritual and doctrine that are authoritative for many Saiva schools, but that in Tamil Nadu are associated only with Saiva Siddhanta. | | | In order to study the many complex rituals that are practiced there, I have studied and consulted with Saiva temple priests and researched their methods of training. | | | The texts of Saiva Siddhanta are not only important documents for an understanding of religious history in southern India; they are also invaluable resources for an investigation of |
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| | Note that a vision could be a siddhanta right at its inception, but we are unable to say so before the operations of citsakti, till it is noted that it remains unsupplanted and unsubverted. | | | This combined with the meaning of 'limiting' the 'highest' and so forth associated with anta, we are led to view the meaning of siddhanta, as the most enduring, unassailable, errorless, the absolutely true, the most meaningful, the most comprehensive vision or consciousness as constituted by an Idea. | | | The siddhantas remain siddhantas-the valid visions remain valid for eternity; the attainment of mukti does not change the earlier visions that were grounded as valid. |
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| Â | Search Results for Patis - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The source literature of the Saiva-siddhanta school consists of the gamas,Tamil devotional hymns written by Saiva saints but collected by Nambi (c.AD 1000) in a volume known as Tirumurai,... |
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| Â | A Truly Liberal, Secular School |
| | It would seem that it is interest in religion and culture that draws students to these courses. | | | The Saiva Siddhanta deals with a school of Shaivism popular in South India. | | | The focus of the Vaishnavism course is on the teachings of the Ramanuja School. |
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| | This is one of the four Saiva sects which follow either the Vedas or the Sanskrit and Tamil Agamas ('traditional' texts) or both. | | | An influential medieval school of Hinduism, concentrated primarily in south India (especially in Medras State) and represented primarily through the medium of Tamil language and literature. | | | The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. |
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| Â | Search Results for Saiva - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The Saiva schools are the philosophical systems within the fold of Saivism, a religious sect that worships Siva as the highest deity. | | | The source literature of the Saiva -siddhanta school consists of the gamas,Tamil devotional hymns written by Saiva saints but collected by Nambi (c.AD 1000) in a volume known as Tirumurai,... | | | Provides audio recordings of their spiritual leader, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, otherwise known as Gurudeva. |
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| Â | Intamm - Religion-EPIGRAPHICAL ECHOES OF SAIVA SIDDHANTA |
| | One of Tamil Nadu's distinct contributions to Hindu religion is the doctrine of Saiva siddhanta. | | | With the spread of Bhakti movement spearheaded by the Nayanmars singing the Golory of Lord Siva, the Saivite religion became a part of Tamil Life. | | | While referring to Saiva siddhanta, it is customary to hold 'Meikanda deva' as the originator of the system. |
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| Â | Saivism Links |
| | English and Tamil on Tamil literature, Saiva Siddhanta and Indian philosophy. | | | and the editor a tested authority on Saiva literature and religion. | | | But as there existed no woman now in their community they decided to marry a Saiva |
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| | Their study encompassed temple worship, home puja, yoga asanas, meditation, devarams, bhajan, Saiva Siddhanta philosophy and ethics, such as respect for elders and teachers. | | | The 2nd annual Sadhana Camp was hold by Kelang Mission Dec. 4th to 7th at the Sri Pantai beach resort in Morib. | | | Major Activities: Sadhana Camp for teenagers, teaching programs for Hindu children in Christian schools, Saiva Siddhanta classes, publications. |
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| Â | The Hindu : Two groups of propagators of Saiva Siddhanta |
| | As the life-span of a human being is of a short duration, should it not be his aim to make it purposeful so as to ensure that he will not be once again caught in this cycle of births and re-births. | | | The biographies of the 63 Nayanmars, totally committed to the worship of Lord Siva, convey their poignant feelings. | | | They spread the message of Saiva Siddhanta which deals with the three entities, God, Soul and Bondage, the former two being eternal. |
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| Â | Saivism in Philosophical Perspective A Study of the Formative Concepts, Problems and Methods of Saiva Siddhanta |
| | Anteceding the rise of the great systems of Vedanta including that of Sankara, Saiva Siddhanta in its fully systematized form as Mystical Theology in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries represents a constructive reaction to the theological, ethical and aesthetic aspects of Vedanta as a whole. | | | Saivism is one of the pervasive expressions of Indian Religious Culture stretching to the dim past of pre-history and surviving as a living force in the thought and life of millions of Hindus especially in Southern India and Northern Ceylon. | | | A patient study of this much neglected phase of religo-philosophical development of India should prove useful for a more balanced understanding of Indian religiosity, providing a corrective to the view entertained not without justification that Indian religious thought does not affirm the values of freedom, love and personality. |
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| Â | Saiva Siddhanta Mandram Malaysia - SSMMALAYSIA |
| | In the continuous effort to expand knowledge on the Hindu religion, Tamil language and Indian culture, Saiva Siddhanta Mandram Malaysia will host the following programmes: Yoga, Breathing Exercises and Thyanam and Speech on ' Thirumurai and Livelihood'... | | | The Saiva Siddhantha Mandram Malaysia will be conducting a TEN month certificate course in Basic Hinduism. | | | For Anbu Illam in particular, volunteers to take the boys out and supervise them for activities and outings as they are not allowed out on their own. |
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| | The Saiva Siddhanta website contains the hymns of Tiruvempaavai and Tiruppalliezhuchi and Tiruvaachakam. | | | The image of Manikkavaachakar is taken back to the Deva Sabha at the culmination of the recitation. | | | Visit the Adiyaar section of the Saiva Siddhanta website for more information on the works of Manikkavaachakar. |
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| | Current research: Historical development of Saivism in South India 20th century appropriations of Saiva Siddhanta in Tamil identity/ Tamil nationalism debates relationship between Saiva Agama ritual texts and contemporary ritual practice in Tamil Nadu historical relationship between brahman Adisaiva temple priests and vellala monastic communities in Tamil Saiva Siddhanta. | | | Research interests and expertise: South Indian Hindu temple traditions; Saivism; Hindu ritual; Saiva Siddhanta; Saiva Agamas; theory of ritual. | | | Academic Experience: 1999 Faculty Advisor for Project Nepal, a service-learning experience for undergraduates at the University of Denver; 1997 Faculty Director, South India Term Abroad (SITA) program, Madurai, India; Editorial Board member, Journal ofthe American Academy of Religion, 1995-1999. |
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| Â | About Shiva Murugan Temple |
| | It quickly became a popular site for the ever growing populous of newly arriving Hindus, some of who personally knew of the Sage from Sri Lanka, Yogaswami, who initiated the American guru. | | | The temple management brought two Sivacharya Priests from India to oversee the daily rituals. | | | Offering pujas to murtis of Ganesha, Muruga and Shiva, it was founded on the traditions of Saiva Siddhanta and known as the Palaniswami Sivan Temple. |
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| | Vidya, I request you to explain this for me. Saiva Siddhaanta has the classification of 'pathi, pasu and pasaam' {all Tamil words :-)}. | | | Further, one can notice the intense bhakti present among the saints mentioned in periyapuraNa, the 'yogic' system similar to yama, niyama, including a detailed description of chakras etc used in Kundalini yoga found in Tirumantiram. | | | This is one of the reasons that modern Indologists place mANikkavAcakar in the 9-10th century, while Saiva Siddhanta practicioners like G. Vanmikanathan {refer his books on tiruvachakam and periyapuraNa} place him in the 3rd century BC. |
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| | Tamil Temple Myths: Sacrifice and Divine Marriage in the South Indian Saiva Tradition. | | | Madras: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society. |
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