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!