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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).