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Tirumūlar
Also known as Thirumoolar, Thirumular
Tirumūlar, one of the eighteen Siddhars of the Tamil Siddha tradition and the sixty-three Nāyanār saints of Tamil Śaivism. His 3,000-verse Tirumantiram, composed in the Chidambaram-Tiruvāvaḍuturai belt, is the tenth Tirumurai of the Śaiva canon and is simultaneously a tantric philosophical text and a medical compendium — it describes 108 postures, breath (prāṇayāma), the chakras, kāyakalpa rejuvenation, and the drug formulations later systematised in Siddha medicine. The Tirumantiram's famous phrase 'anbe sivam' (love is Śiva) sits alongside its instructions for the medicinal use of mercury and sulphur.
- Periods
- Second Urbanisation, Classical and Puranic Age, Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions
- Function
- Science & medicine
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
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- Contributor toSiddha medicine
Tirumūlar's Tirumantiram contains early formulations of Siddha medical practice.
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