Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

thiruchitrambalam,

SAIVA SIDDHANTHA BIBLIOGRAHY:
1.veda phase,(BCE)
The early works are called Vedas. They are rig,yajur,sama and adharvana. They are categorized into the samitha,brahmanaha,aranyaha and upanisads. The upanisads have the highest metaphysical contents and there are about 12 principal upanisads like isha,kena,katho,mandukya…etc.
2agama phase,(BCE)
Later phase the agamas which are 28 in numbers. They were followed by some 240 upa-agamas. Most of them are in Sanskrit only. Some are in tamil like the SIVATHARUMOTHARAM written in 16th century.
3.Purana phase,
There are about 7-8 siva puranas. Notable amongst them are the SIVAPURANAM AND LINGA PURANAM. They were written in the 4-5th century CE.
4.Thirumurai phase,
THIRUMURAI TEXS:
The thiru murais were written between 5th century and 12th century. They are classified into 12.
1.sambandar thevaram-first 3 murais
2.appar thevaram –second 3 murais
3. sundaramoorthy thevaram –third 1 murai
4.manickavasagar thiruvasagam-8th thirumurai
5.thiruvisaipa and thirupallandu-9th murai
6.thirumoolar thirumandhram-10th murai
7. prabandhams by various authors like karaikal ammayar, poets from Madurai like nakeerar,kabilar,baranar and patinathar..etc-11th murai
8. sekizhar periya puranam-12th murai

5.Sastra phase,
THE SANDHANA TEXTS:
The sandhana sastras were written between 13th century and 14th century. The authors are called sandhanacharyas. They are six among them.
1.MEYKANDAR:sivagnanabodham
2.ARULNANDHI: sivaprakasam, thruvarutpayan, vinavenba, potripahrodai,kodikavi, nenjuviduthoodhu,
Unmainerivilakam,sangarpanirakaranam.
3.UMAPATHISIVAM:sivagnanasiddhiyar,irupa irupadhu
4.THIRUKADVOOR UYYAVANDH THEVAR:thirukalitrupadiyar
5.THIRUVIYALOOR UYYAVANDHA DHEVAR:thiruvundhiyar
6.THIRUVADHIKAI MANAVASAGANKADANTHAR:unmai vilakam
They have written together the 14 books of the sandhana tradition.

6.adheenam phase,
PANDARA SASTRAS(OF THIRU-AVADUTHURAI):
The thiru-avaduthurai adheenam was estabilished in the middle of 14th century by gurunamasiyar at thiruvaduthurai near the temple gomuktheeswarar. This is exactly the temple thirumoolar had hidden his sadhasiva-agamam (thirumandhiram) in the 5th century fearing the jain persecution. These books were retrieved later in 7th century by sambandhar near the nandhi mandapam of the temple.
The adheenam is a monastery that holds the highest traditions of saiva doctrines. It has a library that has eight centuries of existence. The pontiffs are selected as per the saiva norms and the current head is the 23rd in that tradition.
Some of the books written by the pontiffs of the adheenams are categorized and are called thiruvaduthurai pandara sastrams. They were written between 14th century and 17th century. They are,
AMBALAVANA DHESIKAR:
1.SANMARGASIDDHIYAR
2.DHASAKARIAM
3.SIVASRAMA THELIVU
4.SIDDHANTHA PAHRODAI
5.SIDDHANTHA SIGAMANI
6.UBAYANITAI VENBA
7.NITAI VILAKAM
8.UBADHESA VENBA
9.ADHISAYA MALAI
10.NAMASIVAYA MALAI

DHAKSHINA MOORTHY DHESIKAR:
11.UBADHESA PAHRODAI
12.DHASAKARIYAM
SWAMINADHA DHESIKAR:
13.DHASAKARIYAM
PEROOR VELAPA DHESIKAR:
14.PANCHAKRA PAHRODAI

PADIYAM(BASHYAM) WORKS:
These are notes and explanations to the original texts mentioned above. They are too many. Notable amongst them are,
ASHTA PRAHRANAM-written in 9-10 century in Sanskrit
SIVAGNANA MAPADIYAM-written by sivagnana mamunivar middle 18th century
ARUMUGA NAVALAR-19TH century

7.modern phase
Contemporary works: books written in prose and in English. Some of them are actively published in the cyberspace, like the TAMIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION and PROJECT MADURAI. Some important contemporary writers are,
Prof.Subbu reddiyar-thirupathi
Prof.Vellai varanam-porayar
Prof.S.Kunchithapatham-thiruvaduthurai
Prof.K.Vaidyanathan-thiruvaduthurai
Prof.K.Loganathan –malaysia
Prof.Rajasekaran-poombuhar

CONCLUSION:
The core issues of saiva philosophy, that is pathi, pasu and pasam are well explained in most other works. Therefore I took up the other issues like the comparative philosophy and agamic psychology in my work.needless to say there are abundance of improvements that are needed in my task.
I will be grateful to anyone who give their criticism and suggestions. I will be thankful to them and will be eager to correct myself.
I must thank the above mentioned contemporary authors. I have liberally borrowed from their works both in inspiration and concept.
I wish more saiva people will bring out scholarly modern works in English so that saivism will guide humanity in general and tamils in particular around the world.
Thiruchitrambalam!


gandhi