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 This volume furnishes a critical edition of the first 340 verses of this hitherto unpublished work, which detail the daily obligatory rites of an ācārya who has been initiated (dīkṣita) in the Śaivasiddhānta tradition.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/