Matsyendranatha, 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补, Matsyendranath, Matsyendra-natha: 6 definitions

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (shaivism)

1) 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) is worshipped as the teacher of this Age along with three other teachers and their consorts who brought the Kaula Tantra into the world in the previous three Ages. These four Lords of the Ages (测耻驳补苍腻迟丑补) are highly revered in the K膩l墨krama and came to be considered to be embodiments of the basic states of consciousness. According to the Mah膩nayaprak膩艣a by Ar峁嘺si峁僪a, they are projected into the cycle of persistence (sthiticakra) as they generally are in the K膩l墨krama.

惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 has a variety of cognate names (Cf. Dyczkowski 1988: 163 n23).鈥擝agchi lists the following names found in the sources he edited: Macchagnap膩da, Macchendrap膩da, Matsyendrap膩da, M墨nap膩da, 惭墨苍补苍腻迟丑补, Macchendap膩da, Matsyendra, and Macchindran膩thap膩da. He notes (1934: 6) that: 鈥榯he forms Macchendra, Macchenda and Macchindra are all colloquial variants of the name Matsyendra鈥�.

Consort of Matsyendra: According to the Kulakr墨岣嵞乿at膩ra-tantra and Ci帽cin墨matas膩rasamuccaya: Ku峁卥un膩mb膩; according to the Dev墨pa帽ca艣atik膩: Ko峁僰a峁嚹乵b膩.

Disciples of Matsyendra: According to the Kulakr墨岣嵞乿at膩ra-tantra and Ci帽cin墨matas膩rasamuccaya: Twelve Princes

2) 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) or Macchanda is the name of a deity, according to the Tantr膩loka verse 1.7.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淢ay he, the pervasive Lord Macchanda (the Fisherman) be pleased with me, he who has cast along the outer path the net (of M膩y膩) which, spreads and extends (in all directions) and red with attachment, strewn with knots and holes, is made of many parts鈥�.

: DSpace at Pondicherry: Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu (shaivism)

惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) or 惭墨苍补苍腻迟丑补 refers to the third representation of the nine 苍补惫补苍腻迟丑补 reliefs in the Uls奴r Some艣vara temple. 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 is believed to have lived in 9^th- 10^thcenturies C.E. According to legends, he is the first incarn膩te teacher of the N膩tha-yogi movement and the reputed founder of the Ha峁環a-yoga system, along with his disciple Gorak峁n膩tha. He composed an important T膩ntric work Kaulajnanirnaya, and also found one of the Kaula schools called Yogini-Kaula

According to Skanda Pur膩na, 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 was born as Loke艣var膩 on an inauspicious day, so his family threw him into the sea, where he was swallowed by a fish and overheard the secret, conversation about yoga between 艢iva and P膩rvati, on the shore of an island. P膩rvati had fallen asleep but Loke艣var膩 heard everything. In this version of the legend, 艢iva is pleased and, as Loke艣var膩 comes out of the fish, he gives him the name 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补, 鈥淟ord of the Fishes鈥�. Later versions of the legend say that P膩rvati became angry with Loke艣var膩 and banished him to Kadali, the Kingdom of Women, to forget the secrets of yoga.

: Nirv膩峁嘺 Sundar墨: A Note on Kula and Kaula Tantra

惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) is the name of the Kula-tantra Guru in the kaliyuga.鈥擜bhinavagupta describes four Gurus for Kula Tantra based on the Yuga. Khagendran膩tha in satyayuga, K奴rman膩tha in 迟谤别迟腻测耻驳补, Me峁n膩tha in 诲惫腻辫补谤补测耻驳补 and 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 for kaliyuga. During the Guruma峁囜笉ala Krama, one worships Khagendran膩tha and Vijj膩mb膩 in East, K奴rman膩tha and Ma峁単al膩mb膩 in the South, Me峁n膩tha and K膩mama峁単al膩mb膩 in West and 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 and Ko峁卥a峁嚹乵b膩 in the North.

惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 had six sons who were also his disciples and they propagated his teachings:

础尘补谤补苍腻迟丑补,
Varadeva,
颁颈迟谤补苍腻迟丑补,
础濒颈苍腻迟丑补,
痴颈苍诲丑测补苍腻迟丑补
and Gu峁璱k膩n膩tha.

Through these six sons authorized by 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补, the Kula santati is known to have propagated. The word 鈥榢ula鈥� or 鈥榗lan鈥� thus originally refers to the clan of 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补.

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Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

1) 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) (or simply Matsyendra) is another name of 骋补耻岣嵞沘诲别惫补: one of the Nine N膩thas according to the Kubjik膩nity膩hnikatilaka: a derative text drawing from Tantras and other sources such as the 峁峁璼膩hasrasa峁僪it膩.鈥擳he Nine N膩thas propagated the Western Transmission noted in the Kubjik膩 Tantras. Although each Siddha has a consort with which he shares some part of his spiritual discipline, she is not considered to be his wife. Thus, from the perspective of his identity as an initiate, he is not a householder.鈥擵i峁ａ箛u艣arm膩 is the name at birth (i.e., the original names of the Siddhas) of 骋补耻岣嵞沘诲别惫补. His [other] famed names are: V墨r膩nanda, Indr膩nanda, 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补. A N膩tha may have more than one such 鈥榝amed name鈥� (办墨谤迟颈苍腻尘补), according to the number of extraordinary events especially associated with him.

The Kubjik膩nity膩hnikatilaka describes the extraordinary events that inspired his 鈥渇amed names鈥�: Vi峁ａ箛u艣arm膩 was called Indr膩nandadeva because he graced Indra. He was called 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 because he was dragged up in the Marka峁璦 river.

2) 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) (or M墨na) is the name of a deity, according to the second recension of the Yogakha峁囜笉a of the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, as 艢r墨n膩tha (i.e., Bhairava) said to the Goddess: 鈥淸...] Once the scripture of (that) mountain (艣颈濒腻驳补尘补) [i.e., the mountain (艣颈濒腻) (of the Triangle)] , Kula and Kaula was worshipped there with devotion, the great goddess was worshipped and lauded by men and the rest. The one called M墨na (i.e. 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补) was present there. He became fully accomplished (siddha) there in that House鈥�.

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

India history and geography

Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and Sages

1) Matsyendranath (or Machindranath) refers to one of the 鈥渘ine saints鈥� (Navnath) according to the translator of Nisargadatta Maharaj's converstaions and Suamitra Mullarpattan.鈥擳hese nine saints form the basis of the Navnath Sampradaya (the lineage of the nine Gurus). They are worshipped collectively as well as individually. [...] The nine teachers [e.g., Matsyendranath] are considered representative of great teachers in this tradition or Parampara tradition鈥攁 succession of Teachers (Gurus) and Disciples (Shishyasa) in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism.

Matsyendranath is also mentioned as one of the 鈥渘ine saints鈥� (Navnath) by:鈥�(1) Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya in his Hindu Castes and Sects and G. W. Briggs in his Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis; (2) The 惭补丑腻谤峁嘺惫补-迟补苍迟谤补. (3) 惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 is supposed to be the incarnation of Kavin膩r膩ya峁嘺鈥攐ne of the 鈥渘ine N膩r膩ya峁嘺s鈥� (Navan膩r膩ya峁嘺); (4) The 厂耻诲丑腻办补谤补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (a work dealing with N膩tha-samprad膩ya).

2) Matsyendra-natha is another name for Mina-natha鈥攐ne of the Nava N膩thas in Gourana鈥檚 Nava Natha Charitra (Telugu).鈥擟f. Chandramouli, N., Tantric Symbols in the Art of Srisailam, paper presented in National Seminar on Tantrism, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2002.

3) Matsy膿ndran膩tha (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) is another name for 惭补肠肠脓苍迟颈谤补苍腻迟补谤鈥攐ne of the Navan膩tha Siddhas mentioned by the Lexicon of Tamil Literature.鈥擟f. Kamil V. Zvelebil, Lexicon of Tamil Literature, E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1995, pp. 165-66.

: Google Books: Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions

惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶�) refers to one of the Nine N膩thas which is part of a tradition called the Navan膩tha Samprad膩ya.鈥擟f. the list provided by Dasgupta (1995: 207): Matsyendra [惭补迟蝉测别苍诲谤补苍腻迟丑补], Gorak峁, Gahin墨, Jv膩lendra, K膩ri峁嘺pa (Ka峁噀r墨?), Carpa峁璦, Reva峁嘺, Bhart峁�, and Gop墨candra. Note that Reva峁嘺 is also mentioned by the NSCar.

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