Sivagnana Siddhiyar

by Arunanthi Sivacharyar

The Sivagnana Siddhiyar of Arunanthi Sivacharyar, the largest and most systematic of the fourteen Meykanda Shastras of Tamil Saiva Siddhanta, and the principal commentary on Meykandar's Sivajnanabodham. In two parts: the Parapakkam, which examines and answers fourteen rival schools - Lokayata, Sautrantika, Yogachara, Madhyamika, Vaibhashika, Jaina, Ajivaka, Bhatta, Prabhakara, Shabdabrahmavada, Mayavada, Bhaskara, Nirishvara Sankhya and Pancharatra - and the Supakkam, which sets out the Saiva Siddhanta position itself. Thirteenth century. Tamil script. Electronic text from Project Madurai (projectmadurai.org), a free and open initiative for Tamil literary works. Romanised e-text prepared by Dr Thomas Malten and colleagues, Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies, University of Cologne; Tamil-script conversion by Mr Mani Manivannan; proof-reading by Mr P. K. Ilango, Erode; web version by Dr K. Kalyanasundaram, Lausanne. Freely distributable.