Two Saiva Teachers

Ganesan, T.:
Two Śaiva teachers of the sixteenth century : Nigamajñāna I and his disciple Nigamajñāna II / T. Ganesan. - Pondicherry : Institut Français de Pondichéry, 2009. - xviii, 274 S. - (Publications hors série ; 9)
ISBN 978-81-8470-169-2
Rs. 600
EUR 22,00

Beschreibung
This book is a complete analytical study of all the oeuvres of Nigamajñāna I and his nephew-cum-disciple Nigamajnana II. This study aims at bringing to limelight the great contributions made by these two teachers in the sixteenth century for the consolidation, elaboration and propagation of the Saivasiddhanta religious system and philosophical doctrines.
   For the first time the contents of all the available texts of these two Śaiva teachers in Sanskrit and Tamil, of which many are unpublished, are completely and critically analysed with a view to fully bring out the richness of these texts in their totality and their value in the propagation of Śaivasiddhānta during one of the most crucial periods in Indian history. [IFP]

Autor
Dr. T. GANESAN, is working as a Senior Research Assistant in the French Institute, Pondicherry since 1985. He is now working on the project A Comprehensive History of Śaivasiddhānta in Tamilnadu surveying the contents of the entire gamut of Śaivasiddhānta literature (Sanskrit and Tamil) to trace its historical development. He has presented many papers and research articles in seminars and published a few texts concerning Śaivism and Śaivasiddhānta.

Quelle: Institut Français d'Indologie.