Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva

A First Critical Edition of the Earliest Śaivapaddhati composed in the Tamil Country. Vol. 1 Nityavidhi

S.A.S. SARMA, T. GANESAN

Collection : Collection Indologie

Collection's number: 159

Edition: EFEO - Coéditions, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)

Publication date: 2024

Status : Soon available

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ISBN-13 : 9782855392936

ISSN : 0073-8352

Width : 17 cm

Height : 24 cm

Number of pages : 195

Distributor : EFEO Diffusion, EFEO Pondichéry Contact : shanti@efeo-pondicherry.org

Geography : India

Language : English, Sanskrit, Tamil

Place : Pondichéry

Support : Papier

Description :

xix+176 p., English, Sanskrit, Tamil

ISBN EFEO : 9782855392936

ISBN IFP : 9788184702521

Collection Indologie n˚ 159

 

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Abstract

Composed in the middle of the eleventh century CE, the Naṭarājapaddhati is the earliest surviving Śaiva ritual manual (paddhati) known to have been written in the Tamil country. This volume furnishes a critical edition of the first 340 verses of this hitherto unpublished work, which detail the daily obligatory rites of an ācārya who has been initiated (dīkṣita) in the Śaivasiddhānta tradition. It provides precise instructions on the sequence of performing all rites, from waking up in the early morning until bedtime. The author, Rāmanātha, a disciple of a certain Naṭarāja (also known as Naṭeśa), to whom he pays homage and in whose honour the work is named, mentions that he resides in a monastery (maṭha) situated on the eastern side of the temple of Śiva Puṣpavaneśvara, in some unidentified town.

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