[INDOLOGY] Publication Announcement for Natarajapaddhati, early 11th century Saiva Paddhati

[Ganesan T]

Dear COlleagues,
I am very glad to announce to the scholars of this forum the publication
and the subsequent release of the book, NAṬARĀJAPADDHATI.
This Saiva Paddhati that explains the sequential performance of Saiva
Rituals (the daily obligatory rites in this volume) by an initiated Saiva
Acharya, has been critically edited for the first time on the basis of a
single manuscript by Dr. T. GANESAN and Dr. SAS SARMA.

Here is the official announcement:

*JUST RELEASED*

*Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva. A First Critical Edition of the
Earliest Śaivapaddhati composed in the Tamil Country. Vol. 1 Nityavidhi*.
Eds. T. GANESAN and SAS SARMA. Collection Indologie n˚ 159 ; Institut
Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, 2024, xix, 176 p.
Language: Sanskrit, English, Tamil. *550 Rs (20 €)*.  978-81-8470-252-1
(IFP); 978-2-85539-293-6 (EFEO)

*Summary*:

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of the first 340 verses of this hitherto unpublished work, which detail the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.

For details, go to: https://www.ifpindia.org/bookstore/ci159/

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Dr. T. GANESAN
Research Associate
Saiva Agama & Saivasiddhanta
French Institute of Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY-605001
INDIA
E mail: ganesan at ifpindia.org
Web: www.ifpindia.org
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