Samayācāryas

By Swami Harshananda

Samayācāryas literally means ‘teachers of Śiva tradition’.

Śaivism is a very ancient religion or sect of India. The sixty-three Nāyanmārs^[1] of Tamil Nadu and also the Śivaśaraṇas of Karnataka are its prominent teachers. The four most important ācāryas or teachers of Tamil Śaivism are generally known as Samayācāryas.^[2] They are:

Appar
Jñānasambandhar
Sundara-mūrti
Māṇikkavācagar

Samayamata is another name for Samayācāra.

References[edit]

↑ Nāyanmārs means ‘servants of God'.
↑ They are the ‘teachers who knew the samaya or tradition, best’.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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[1] Nāyanmārs means ‘servants of God'.

[2] They are the ‘teachers who knew the samaya or tradition, best’.

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