Author: Gangadaran, S.
Title: Studies in Jnanamrtam / Ñanamirutam ayvu
Description: Madurai, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1981. orig. boards. 24x15cm, xvi,182 pp. Series: Publication (Madurai Kamaraj University) ; no. 1.. Some wear. Good.. ¶ Some buckling & discoloration to flyleaves. Study of Ñanamirtam, a philosophical verse work on the Saiva Siddhanta school in Sivaism, by Vakica Munivar, 12th century CE. Contents: Introduction; Individual Self: Right Knowledge (Samyag Jnana); Right Insight (Samyag Darsana); Bondage: Nature of Taking Other Bodies ( dehantaram); Eternal Nature of Bondage ( Pasa Anaditva); Emancipation from Bondage (Pasaccheda Iyal); God (Pati); Jnanamrtam & the Sankhya System; Conclusion.

Keywords: Sanskrit Philology, Saiva Siddhanta, Sivaism, Medieval, Indic Philosophy, Literary History, India South Asia, ,