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*Two Śaiva Teachers of the sixteenth century: Nigamajñāna I and his disciple
Nigamajñāna II*. T. GANESAN, Hors série n° 9, IFP, 2009, xviii, 274 p.



This book is a complete analytical study of all the *œuvres* of Nigamaj¤àna
I and his nephew-cum-disciple Nigamaj¤àna 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
*øaivasiddhànta* religious system and philosophical doctrines.

For the first time the contents of all the available texts of these two
÷aiva teachers in Sanskrit and Tamil, of which many are unpublished, are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 *øaivasiddhànta* during one of the most crucial periods in Indian
History.


About the author

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 Saivasiddhanta in Tamilnadu surveying the contents
of the entire gamut of Saivasiddhanta 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 Saivism and
Saivasiddhanta.





Contents

*Part I : Analysis of Texts composed by Nigamajñāna I*............... 1-46

Ritual texts..............................................................................................
1

Sthalapurāõa-s.......................................................................................
29

Kamalālayac ciṟappu
......................................................................
29

Aruõakiripurāõam
.................................................................................
33

Civatarumōttaram..................................................................................
36

Paramōpatēcam....................................................................................
38

Pati-pacu-pācappa­uval........................................................................
42

Aikkiyaviyal..........................................................................................
43

CaïkaŸpanirākaraõam..................................................................................
43

Conclusion of part
I...............................................................................
45

*Part II : Analysis of Texts composed by Nigamajñāna I**I*........ 49-243

Ātmārthapūjāpaddhati...........................................................................
49

Dīkùādarśa.........................................................................................
128

Āśaucadīpikā......................................................................................
190

Śivālayanirmāõasthāpanakriyādīpikā....................................................
200

Jīrõoddhāradaśaka...............................................................................
205

Śaivakālaviveka..................................................................................
216

Śaivaùoóaśakriyāprakāśa....................................................................
218

Commentary called Vilocana on the Varuõapaddhati............................
222

Vyomavyāpistavalaghuñīkā..................................................................
225

Śaivāgamaparibhāùāmañjarī.................................................................
226

Civapuõõiyatteëivu..................................................................................
229

Śivajñānasiddhisvapakùadçùñāntasaügraha..................................................
234

Commentary on the
Civañā­acittiyār....................................................
239

Śivajñānabodhopanyāsa......................................................................
241

Conclusion of part
II...........................................................................
245

Summary in Tamil................................................................................
247

Bibliography........................................................................................
259

Index of important
words....................................................................
267











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-- 
Veeranarayana N.K. Pandurangi
Head, Dept of Darshanas,
Yoganandacharya Bhavan,
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Samskrita University, Madau, post
Bhankrota, Jaipur, 302026.