A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Cidambaram
This page describes Cidambaram which is located on page 430 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Cidambaram” according to 7 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Perhaps our poet Arurar was very much absorbed in the Nataraja form at Perur when he visited that place and had the same vision at Cidambaram so much so, he had sung that the Nalaraja of Cidambaram was having these things. The fire is mentioned in connection with the following forms if at all any form could have been thought of by the poet—the Gajari, Ardhanari Sankaranarayana, Nrtta murti of both the Tillai Ananda Tandava and Samhara Tandava of midnight, Gangadhara Lingodbhava and Kapali...
Read full contents: Chapter 4.6 - (m) Symbology of Fire
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) [by Lathika M. P.]
According to Anandagiri s Shankara Digvijaya Shankara was born at Cidambaram as the son of Visishta. Moreover some stray manuscripts are the only authority which says that ‘Cidambaram a famous religious center in Tamil Nadu, is the place of birth of Shri Shankara. As noted above it may be that author mixes up the details of the lives of more than one Shankaracarya....
Read full contents: Dispute over Shankara’s Birth Place
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Vanti attained Svarga and Manikyavacakar went to Cidambaram. The king repented.Manikyavacakar saw Shiva in person several times. Many wonderful events happened at the Cidambaram temple after the arrival of Manikyavacakar there. The King of Lanka hearing about the greatness of Manikyavacakar brought his dumb daughter to him and she gained the power of speech. The Buddhist saints of Lanka came to Manikyavacakar and entered into philosophical discourse with him. They became dumb....
Read full contents: Story of Manikyavacakar
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