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Saiva siddhantham hermeneutic exegesis :

 

 

Saiva siddhantham hermeneutic exegesis :

 

The book describes one of the distinctive philosophical features of Saiva Siddhānta, namely its commitment to ontological and psychological realism. Unlike philosophical traditions that regard the world as an illusion (māyā in the sense of unreality), Saiva Siddhānta argues that the world, the human mind, and spiritual bondage possess objective reality, even though they are not ultimately independent of God. This position gives rise to an elaborate analysis of the human psyche, consciousness, and the process of liberation.

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சைவ சித்தாந்தம் பொருளாய்வு நெறி

 

 சைவ சித்தாந்தத்தின் பொருள்கோள் நெறி (Hermeneutics)

 

இந்த நூல் சைவ சித்தாந்தத்தின் தனித்துவமான தத்துவச் சிறப்புகளில் ஒன்றை விளக்குகிறது. அது இருப்பியல் யதார்த்தவாதம் (Ontological Realism) மற்றும் உளவியல் யதார்த்தவாதம் (Psychological Realism) ஆகும். உலகம், மனம், ஆன்ம பந்தம் ஆகியவை வெறும் தோற்றமோ மாயத் தோற்றமோ அல்ல; அவை உண்மையாகவே உள்ளன என்று சைவ சித்தாந்தம் வலியுறுத்துகிறது. ஆனால் அவை இறைவனுக்கு இணையான சுயாதீன இருப்புடையவை அல்ல. இத்தகைய நிலைப்பாடு மனித மனம், நனவு, ஆன்ம பந்தம் மற்றும் விடுதலை ஆகியவற்றைப் பற்றிய ஆழமான உளவியல் ஆய்வுக்கு வழிவகுக்கிறது.

WHEN JIVA UNITES WITH SHIVA !

 When Jiva Unites in Siva

Siva Bhoga there will be;
Like it will be added a Light
That suffuses sentient knowledge;
The body by Mayaic experience harassed,
Will yours be, controlled full;
The Jiva`s pervasiveness
Will everywhere spread.

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BACK COVER:

 

SAIVASIDDHANTHAM: A HERMENEUTIC AND PSYCHO -ANALYTIC INTERPRETATION

(ISBN:978-81-925287-2-4)

 

 

This book takes a new path in the understanding of hidden themes in the traditional tamil saiva religious texts. It studies the overlap between psychoanalysis and saivasiddhantham. This is an academic text meant for readers who have already some idea about this field.  It may be useful for scholars in tamil,saivism, eastern philosophy, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and psychiatrists who are interested in philosophy. Tamil diaspora  and Saiva associations worldwide may find it most interesting.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

 

DR.GANDHIBABU( 48) is a practicing psychiatrist. He is a medical teacher in annamalai university for more than twenty years. He has a long association with Chidambaram. He was a  graduate of MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE( 1982-88).

 

MAJOR RESOURCE BOOKS :

1.Philosophy:

 -Problems of philosophy- Bertrand Russell(1912)

- History of  western philosophy-Bertrand Russell(1946)

-Appearance and reality-F.H.Bradley(1893)

- Indian philosophy – S.Radhakrishnan(1923), Oxford university press , Indian edition-fourth impression.

-Cambridge companion series to philosophers, Cambridge university press, first editions 1995.

2.Tamil:

-Saiva siddhantha contact training program publications(14 volumes)-Thiruvavaduthurai adheenam – Thiruvavaduthurai, Tamilnadu, India. (2008)

-Sandhana sastra texts with commentaries(11volumes)- published by Thirupanadhal kasi madam- Thirupanandhal, Tamilnadu, India.( 2008)

Fourteen meykanda sastras with notes-Dharumapuram adheenam publication-2014.

-108 Upanishads , Ramakrishna mutt publications, Chennai (13 volumes),1991

3.Psychiatry:

-Oxford textbook of philosophy and psychiatry-oxford university press. New Delhi (2007) - 1^st edition.

-Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry by Kaplan&Sadock-William&Wilkins, Baltimore, USA (2009)-8^th edition.

4.Websites:

meykandar@yahoogroups.com  (the site has been a guiding force and I have exchanged my ideas with eminent scholars abroad through this group)

www.himalayanacademy.org  (I have taken the English translations of thirumanthiram from their site)

www.stanford.plato.edu : a very useful information resource in philosophy

www.shaivam.org : very useful source for original literatures and explanations by eminent authors.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

The author sincerely acknowledges and thanks the guidance given by the faculty members and research scholars of the Departments of Tamil, linguistics, history, Philosophy and Psychology,  Annamalai  University , India.

CONCLUSION:

 

 

The fundamental issue in siddhantham study is the metaphysical striving takes route of searching one’s own self. This has resulted in the extensive informations about the mind. This is more like a by-product. Like the ambrosia(amudham)   and “alagaala visham”( poison) emerging when “the cosmic ocean of milk” was churned.

 

 It is the metaphysical core issues matter for a philosophy student. But the byproducts of the self- search have given us a body of thought that has a solid basis for subsequent logical study of manas(mind) and the body. This may have ended up in siddha system of medicine which is still a popular clinical practice in tamilnadu.

 

The core issues of agama 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, psychoanalysis and most importantly the phenomenology in my work. Needless to say there are abundances of improvements that are needed in my task.

 

 The nayanmaar’s life is a good example how religious attachments may go unhealthy if the appropriate steps in the sadhana are not followed. There are ample instructions to follow them systematically in saiva siddhantham especially in the thiruvavaduthurai -pandara texts.

 

What I find is a good similarity between the analogies and symbolisms in both schools. The symbolisms in the folk psychology and scriptures are equalant to the sublimation on psychoanalysis. Study of symbolism is vital for a student of psychology if he ventures into hermeneutics. They are even more essential for the one  who has taken up an in debth study of saiva  siddhantham.

 

 

          It is impossible to say both are same or even attempt at a comparison may be disliked by many scholars. My idea is to find the symbolisms only. Both schools use symbols. The symbols are similar both in terminologies and wider representations in the descriptions.  It is such analogies brought me to speculate both the schools in same light.

 

The siddha system of medicine and  psychology is well known to the world. The social implications it has especially in the sadhana chapters are noteworthy. The sadhana in my opinion are social in their outlook, rather than pure self absorption as many scholars of Hindu philosophy feel.

 

Therefore I make the following final conclusions:

 

1.Siddhantha has a logical scientific message(logical positivism?)

2.it also deals with unconscious dynamics along with core metaphysics.

3.It has hermeneutic, psycho-analytic and phenomenological connotations.

4. it has psychotherapy principles in it to prevent abnormal god attachments.

 

Thiruchitrambalam!