Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Yoga Siddhas
Siddha is one who has attained siddhi, i.e. "power, prowess, strength, ability", then a special kind of psychic and supernatural, miraculous, occult power. There are eight kinds of super natural powers called as "Ashtama Siddhis":
v Name: Sri Pathanjali
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Panguni, Moolam
Duration of Life: 5 Yugas 7 Days
Place of Samadhi: Rameswaram
Description:
Patanjali is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He is known for his works on yoga sutras classic. He is also known as father of yoga.
v Name: Sri Agasthiar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Markazhi, Aayilyam
Duration of Life: 4 Yugas 48 Days
Place of Samadhi: Thiruvananthapuram
Description:
Agastyar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas who have initiated many siddhas including our kriya guru Babaji. He was initiated directly by Lord Shiva himself and his works include medicine, kaya kalpa, Tamil grammar and yoga.
v Name: Sri Kamalamuni
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Vaikasi, Poosam
Duration of Life: 4000 Years 48 Days
Place of Samadhi: Thiruvarur
Description:
Kamalamuni is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. His contributions include two known works on medicine and philosophy.
v Name: Sri Thirumoolar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Purattathi, Avittam
Duration of Life: 3000 Years 13 Days
Place of Samadhi: Chidambaram
Description:
Thirumoolar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. His contributions include Yoga, philosophy. His ‘Thirumandiram’ work is very popular among his works.
v Name: Sri Kuthambai
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Aadi, Visagam
Duration of Life: 1800 Years 16 Days
Place of Samadhi: Mayavaram
Description:
Kudambai is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. Kudamabi siddhar’s contributions included siddha philosophy.
v Name: Sri Korakkar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Karthigai, Aayilyam
Duration of Life: 880 Years 11 Days
Place of Samadhi: Perur
Description:
Goraknath is one of the 18 yoga siddhas in the ‘nath’ tradition. He was initiated by Dattatreya (Vishnu), Macchamuni, Allama Prabu. Some of his contributions include "Avadhuta Gita" and 13 other works, order of ascetics, medicine, alchemy, Hatha yoga pradipika classic etc. He has attained samadhi at Poyur (Girnar). You can find his cave in Sathuragiri hills.
v Name: Sri Dhanvanthri
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Iyppasi, Punarpoosam
Duration of Life: 800 Years 32 Days
Place of Samadhi: Vaideeswarankoil
Description:
Dhanvanthri is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He is known for his contributions on medicine, alchemy, kaya kalpa, 22 known works.
v Name: Sri Sundaranandar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Aavani, Revathi
Duration of Life: 800 Years 28 Days
Place of Samadhi: Madurai
Description:
Sundaranandar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. Some of his contributions include 24 known works: medicine, philosophy etc.
v Name: Sri Konganar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Chitthirai, Utthiradam
Duration of Life: 800 Years 16 Days
Place of Samadhi: Titupathi
Description:
Konganar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. His contributions include 25 known works in medicine, yoga, philosophy, religion etc.
v Name: Sri Sattamuni
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Aavani, Mrigasirisham
Duration of Life: 800 Years 14 Days
Place of Samadhi: Thiruvarangam (Srirangam)
Description:
Sattamuni is one of the 18 yoga siddhas His contributions include 46 known works, medicine, alchemy & etc.
v Name: Sri Vaanmeegar / Valmiki
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Purattasi, Anusham
Duration of Life: 700 Years 32 Days
Place of Samadhi: Ettukudi
Description:
Valmiki is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He is very much known for recording the epic work ‘The Ramayana’.
v Name: Sri Ramadevar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Masi, Pooram
Duration of Life: 700 Years 06 Days
Place of Samadhi: Azhagarmalai
Description:
Ramadevar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He is also known as the mandira siddhar. Some of his works include 24 known works: mantra shastra, medicine etc.
v Name: Sri Nandeeswarar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Vaikasi, Visagam
Duration of Life: 700 Years 03 Days
Place of Samadhi: Kasi
Description:
Nandeeswarar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He has been directly initiated by Lord Shiva himself and some of his contributions include medicine, kaya kalpa & Alchemy
v Name: Sri Edaikkadar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Purattasi, Thiruvadirai
Duration of Life: 600 Years 18 Days
Place of Samadhi: Tiruvannamalai
Description:
Edaikkadar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. His contributions include two known works: Kaya kalpa.
v Name: Sri Machamuni
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Aadi, Rohini
Duration of Life: 300 Years 62 Days
Place of Samadhi: Thiruparankundram
Description:
Macchamuni who is also known as Matysendranath is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. Some of his contributions include 10 known works on Hatha yoga, Tantric yoga practices etc
v Name: Sri Karuvoorar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Chitthirai, Hastham
Duration of Life: 300 Years 42 Days
Place of Samadhi: Karuvur
Description:
Karuvoorar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He is popular for his contribution in constructing the Tanjore temple and other medicinal works.
v Name: Sri Bogar
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Vaikasi, Bharani
Duration of Life: 300 Years18 Days
Place of Samadhi: Pazhani
Description:
Boganathar who is also known as the Palani Malai Siddhar is one among the 18 yoga siddhas. He is a great alchemist of all times. His contributions include yoga, kaya kalpa, medicine, alchemy, natural sciences, philosophy etc. He is the one who has created and installed the idol of Lord Muruga in Palani malai temple. Till now even after ages, the composition of the idol has been a mystery to all scientists around the world.
v Name: Sri Pambatti
Tamil month, Star of Birth: Karthigai, Mrigasirisham
Duration of Life: 123 Years 14 Days
Place of Samadhi: Sankarankoil
Description:
Paambatti is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by Sattamuni. His contributions include siddha philosophy. He takes the snake for a symbol to represent the human Soul and uses the expression: "AODU PAMBE" (De thou, Dance Snake) as a refrain at the end of each stanza of his poem. The poem of this siddhar is in fewer than six hundred lines and deals with philosophic and spiritual matters in the authentic siddhar pattern with great passion.
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