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Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva
A First Critical Edition of the Earliest Śaivapaddhati composed in the Tamil Country. Vol. 1 Nityavidhi
Collection : Collection Indologie
Collection's number: 159
Edition: EFEO - Coéditions, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)
Publication date: 2024
Status : Available
20,00 €
ISBN-13 : 9782855392936
ISSN : 0073-8352
Width : 17 cm
Height : 24 cm
Weight : 0.37 kg
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
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 This volume furnishes a critical edition of the first 340 verses of this hitherto unpublished work, which detail the daily obligatory rites of an ācārya who has been initiated (dīkṣita) in the Śaivasiddhānta tradition.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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