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SAIVISM AND SAIVA SIDDHANTA A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Organized by Department of Saiva Siddhanta School of Philosophy and Religious Studies University of Madras Chennai - 600 005

Date 22 - 02 - 2019 to 25 - 02 - 2019 Venue University of Madras Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005

Conference Director Dr.S.Saravanan Professor and Head, Dept. of Saiva Siddhanta, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005 Co-ordinator i/c, Swami Vivekananda Higher Education and Research Centre

E-Mail: [email protected] Off: 9144-25399711 Mobile No: 91-9444651203, 91-9445201634 INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY

We cordially invite paper and panel proposals from academics, Senior Post-Graduate students, Senior Scholars and researchers on the following themes and subthemes. THEMES AND SUB THEMES FOR CONFERENCE 1. ORIGIN OF SAIVISM AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT 1. ¬êõ êñòˆF¡ «î£Ÿøº‹ ºŸè£ô õ÷˜„C»‹ a. Origin of Saivism in Indus Civilization: Sakti, Pasupati and Kottukoppalan (N.Vanamamalai) Ü. C‰¶ êñªõO ï£èKèˆF™ ¬êõˆF¡ «î£Ÿø‹: ê‚F, ð²ðF, «è£†´‚«è£Šð£ô¡ (ï£.õ£ùñ£ñ¬ô) b. Tantricism in the Development of Kashmir Saivism and the Agamic tradition Ý. î£‰Fó‹ / î‰Fó õ÷˜„CJ™ è£we˜ ¬êõº‹ Ýèñ ñó¹‹ c. Origin of Saivism: Vedic and Puranic sources Þ. ¬êõˆF¡ «î£Ÿø‹: «õî‹ ñŸÁ‹ ¹ó£í Ýî£óƒèO™ d. Origin of Saivism: Sangam and Post Sangam Literature, e.g. Epics and Ethical literature ß. ¬êõˆF¡ «î£Ÿø‹: êƒè Þô‚Aòƒèœ, êƒè‹ ñ¼Mò Þô‚Aòƒèœ, è£ŠHò‹ ñŸÁ‹ cF Þô‚Aòƒèœ e. Shiva, Muruga, Kumara, Seyon, Rudra, Kadavul, Iyavul, Paal, Varai, Dheivam, Paalvarai dheivam, Kandhazhi, Shivalinga, Guha à. Cõ¡, º¼è¡, °ñ£ó¡, «ê«ò£¡, ¼ˆFó¡, èì¾œ, Þò¾œ, ð£™, õ¬ó, ªîŒõ‹, ð£™õ¬óªîŒõ‹, è‰îN, CõLƒè‹, °è¡ 2. SAIVISM AND SAIVA SIDDHANTA IN EARLY MEDIEVAL AGE (6th to 12 C. A.D) 2. Þ¬ì‚è£ôˆF¡ ªî£ì‚èˆF™ ¬êõ êñòº‹, ¬êõ Cˆî£‰îº‹ (A.H.6Ý‹ ËŸø£‡´ ªî£ìƒA A.H.12Ý‹ ËŸø£‡´ õ¬ó) a. Diverse schools of Saivism: Pasupata, Kalamuga, Lagulisa, Kashmiri Saivism Ü. ¬êõ êñòˆF¡ à†HK¾èœ: ð£²ðî‹, è£÷£ºè‹, ô°hê‹, è£we˜ ¬êõ‹ b. Saivism in Bhakthi literarture Ý. ¬êõ êñòˆF¡ ðˆF Þô‚Aòƒèœ c. Thirugnanasambandar and the Saivite tradition Þ. ¬êõ êñò ñó¹‹ F¼ë£ùê‹ð‰î¼‹ d. Philosophical origin of Saiva Siddhanta: Tirumular, Thirugnanasambandar, Manickavasagar and Sekkizhar ß. ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î ªñŒªð£¼OòL¡ «î£Ÿø‹: F¼Íô˜, F¼ë£ùê‹ð‰î˜, ñ£E‚èõ£êè˜, «ê‚Aö£˜ e. Conflict of Saivism: Jainism and Buddhism à. ¬êõ êñò «ñ£î™èœ: êñí‹, ªð÷ˆî‹ f. Siddhar Tradition: Karuvur Thevar, Sivavakkiyar, Pattinathar, etc., á. Cˆî˜ ñó¹: èÏ×˜ˆ «îõ˜, Cõõ£‚Aò˜, ð†®ùˆî£˜ ñŸÁ‹ Hø˜ 3. SAIVISM AND SAIVA SIDDHANTA FROM LATE MEDIEVAL TO EARLY MODERN PERIOD (13th to 18th C. A.D.) 3. ¬êõ êñòº‹, ¬êõ Cˆî£‰îº‹: Þ¬ì‚è£ôˆF¡ HŸð°F ªî£ìƒA ïiù è£ôˆF¡ ºŸð°F õ¬ó. (A.H.13Ý‹ ËŸø£‡´ ªî£ìƒA A.H.18Ý‹ ËŸø£‡´ õ¬ó) a. Meykandar tradition of Saiva Siddhanta Ü. ªñŒè‡ì£˜ ñó¹ ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î‹. b. De-Ritualization and the Evolution of Saiva Siddhanta Philosophy Ý. ¬êõ Cˆî£‰îˆF¡ Ü®Šð¬¬ìJ™ êìƒ° ñ£ŸøƒèÀ‹ ñÁŠ¹èÀ‹ õ÷˜„C»‹ c. Tradition of Arunagiri Nathar and Kazhi Kannudaiya Vallal Þ. Ü¼íAKï£î˜ ñó¹‹, è£N‚è‡µ¬ìò õœ÷™ ñó¹‹ d. Establishment of Saivite and Saiva Siddhanta Mutts ß. ¬êõ êñò‹ ñŸÁ‹ Cˆî£‰î‚ è†ì¬ñŠH™ ñìƒèœ e. Thathuvarayar Tradition: Paramadvitham à. îˆ¶õó£ò˜ ñó¹: ð£óñ£ˆ¶Mî‹ f. Veera Saivam tradition: Adhi Sivaprakasar, Santhalingar, Kumara Devar and Thuraimangalam Siva Prakasar á. ió¬êõ ñó¹: ÝF CõŠHóè£ê˜, ê£‰îLƒè˜, °ñ£ó «îõ˜, ¶¬øñƒèô‹ CõŠHóè£ê˜ g. Veda, Agama conflict and Reconciliation â. «õî Ýèñ ñÁŠ¹èÀ‹ ñ£ŸÁ‚ è¼ˆ¶‚èÀ‹ h. Religious Currents during Vijayanagara, Nayaka period: Veera Saivism, Sankara Vedanta, Paramadvitham, Vaishnavism, Siddhanta Saivam ã. Müòïèó, ï£ò‚è˜èœ è£ôˆF™ êñò ïìŠ¹èœ: ió¬êõ‹, êƒèó «õî£‰î‹, ð£óñ£ˆ¶Mî‹, ¬õwíõ‹, Cˆî£‰î ¬êõ‹ i. Sanskrit tradition of Siddhanta: Neelakanda Sivachariyar, Appaya Dikshithar, Haradhatha Sivachariyar ä. õìªñ£N ñóH™ ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î‹: côè‡ì Cõ£ê£Kò˜, ÜŠðŒò b†Cî˜, ýóîˆî Cõ£ê£Kò˜ j. Saiva Commentary Tradition: Sivagnana Munivar , Tiruvilangam (Srilanka), Nallur Saravanan å. ¬êõ êñò, ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î à¬ó ñó¹: Cõë£ù ºQõ˜, F¼M÷ƒè‹ (Þôƒ¬è), ï™Ö˜ êóõí¡

4. SAIVISM AND SAIVA SIDDHANTA IN COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL PERIOD 4. è£ôQò ñŸÁ‹ H¡è£ôQò è£ô„ ¬êõ êñò‹ ñŸÁ‹ ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î‹ a. Contending Religious Currents in Early Colonial Madras:Veera Saivism, Sankara Vedanta, Paramathuvidam, Vaishnavism, Siddhanta Saivam Ü. è£ôQòˆ ªî£ì‚èˆF™ êñò áì£†ìƒèœ: ió¬êõ‹, êƒèó «õî£‰î‹, ðóñ£ˆ¶Mî‹, ¬õíõ‹, Cˆî£‰î ¬êõ‹ b. Ramalinga Adigalar: Arutpa, Marutpa struggle Ý. Þó£ñLƒè Ü®è÷£˜: Ü¼†ð£, ñ¼†ð£ «ð£ó£†ì‹ c. Modernism in Tamil Saivism and Saiva Siddhanta: Reform, Revival or Re-configuration Þ. îI›ñóH¡ ¬êõ êñò, Cˆî£‰îˆF¡ ïiù‹: Y˜F¼ˆî‹, ¹ˆªî£O, ñÁè†ì¬ñŠ¹ d. The life and legacy of Arumuga Navalar’s Tamil/Saivite Revival ß. ÝÁºè ï£õô˜ õ£›¾‹, ñó¹‹: îI› ¬êõ‚ è†ì¬ñŠ¹ e. Somasundara Nayakar and Tamil Siddhanta à. «ê£ñ²‰îó ï£òè¼‹ îI› Cˆî£‰îº‹ f. 19th and early 20th Century religious debates/conflict literature (Kandana Noolgal) á. 19Ý‹ ñŸÁ‹ 20Ý‹ ËŸø£‡®¡ ªî£ì‚èˆF™ êñò Mõ£îƒèÀ‹ è‡ìùƒèÀ‹ g. Caste and Social Struggle in Saivism and Saiva Siddhanta â. ¬êõ êñò‹ ñŸÁ‹ Cˆî£‰îˆF™ ê£F ñŸÁ‹ êÍèŠ «ð£ó£†ìƒèœ h. Famine, Hunger and Food culture in Saivism and Siddhanta Saivam ã. ¬êõ êñò‹ ñŸÁ‹ Cˆî£‰îˆF¡ ðƒ°: ð…ê‹, ð†®Q ñŸÁ‹ àí¾Š ð‡ð£´ i. The role of Pamban Swamigal: Vedic, Agamic and Tamil tradition ä. ð£‹ð¡ ²õ£IèO¡ ðƒèOŠ¹: «õî‹, Ýèñ‹, îI› ñó¹ j. The role and Impact of Saiva Siddhanta Organizations and Institutions: Saiva Paripalana Sabai (Jaffna and Tamil Nadu), Siva Thondan, Thoothukudy Saiva Siddhanta Sabai, Saiva Siddhanta Maha Samajam (Perumandram) å. ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î Ü¬ñŠ¹èœ, GÁõùƒèO¡ ðƒèOŠ¹‹ î£‚èº‹. ¬êõ ðKð£ôù ê¬ð (Þôƒ¬è, îI›ï£´), Cõªî£‡ì¡, Éˆ¶‚°® ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î ê¬ð, ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î ñè£êñ£ü‹ (ªð¼ñ¡ø‹) k. Saiva Siddhanta Sastras, Saiva Literatures: Commentarial and Critical literary traditions æ. ¬êõ Cˆî£‰î ê£ˆFóƒèœ, ¬êõ Þô‚Aòƒèœ: à¬óèœ ñŸÁ‹ Føù£Œ¾èœ l. Modern Saivite Literary Creations: From Manonmaniyam Sundaram Pillai to Maa. Aranganathan å÷. ïiù ¬êõ Þô‚Aò à¼õ£‚è‹: ñ«ù£¡ñEò‹ ²‰îó‹ Hœ¬÷ ªî£ìƒA ñ£.Üóƒèï£î¡ õ¬ó Fee Details: • Paper Presenter / Participant – Rs.1000/- (Indian) • Paper Presenter / Participant – Rs.500/- (Indian Student) • Paper Presenter / Participant – $50 (US) (Foreign) • Paper Presenter / Participant – $25 (US) (Srilankan)

• Paper presenters and Participants should send their application in the prescribed format (attached). All applications received will be scrutinized and finalized by the committee

• Articles should not be more than 1200 words

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• Tamil articles should be sent in UNICODE format Registration form should reach the department / Email on or before December 31st 2018 Payment of conference fee will be intimated before January 15th 2019 Paper title and brief abstract shoudreach the department / Email on or before January 31st 2019

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It is proposed to take the interested participants for a Temple visit on the conclusion of the conference Date: Feburay 26th and 27th 2019 Fees details for Temple visit : • Indian & Srilankan Participant – Rs. 5000/- • Other Participant - $100 (US)

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Contacts : Department of Saiva Siddhanta, University of Madras Centenary Building, Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005 E-Mail: [email protected] Off: 9144-25399711 Mobile No: 91-9444651203, 91-9445201634 Prof. Ravi Vaithees (Canada): [email protected], Dr.Krishnaveni (Jaffna) [email protected] Sri.Fatimaharan (London) [email protected], Dr.Nanthini (Colomboo) [email protected] Prof. Natarajan (B.H.U., UP) : [email protected], 91-8825 421821 INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY

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