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≈ Maanikavasagar was a 9th-century Tamil poet who wrote ''Tiruvasakam'', a book of Shaiva hymns. Manikkavasakar was one of the main authors of saivite tirumurai: his work forms one volume of the Tirumurai, the key religious text of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. A minister to the Pandya king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 C.E. – 885 C.E.) (also called Arimarthana Pandiyan), he lived in Madurai. His work is a poetic expression of the joy of God-experience, the anguish of being separated from God. Although he is a prominent saint in Southern India, he is not counted among the sixty-three nayanars. ==Life== Manikkavasakar is said to have born in Vadhavoor (Thiruvadhavoor, near by Melur in Madurai district), seven miles from Madurai on the banks of river Vaigai. He belonged to saivite temple priest guild. His father was a temple priest.〔Nayanars〕 The group wore a top tilted knot to denote servitorship to Lord Siva like sambandar, etc. A mural and statuette of Manikkavasagar with head knot is seen in Tirupperunturai near Pudukkottai. A poetic and elaborate hagiography of Manikkavasagar and his works was written in the 16th century and is called ''Tiruvilayadal puranam'', meaning "An account of divine deeds". The same is not available now in its original form. Another called ''Vadhavoorar puranam'' and yet another Sanskrit work of the 12th century CE on the same saint is now missing. According to accounts the king of Pandyan dynasty had selected Manikkavasagar as a part of his legion after seeing his military acumen and had once entrusted him with a large amount of money to purchase horses for his cavalry. On his way he met an ascetic devotee of Siva, who in fact was Siva himself. Manikkavasakar received enlightenment, realised that material things are transitory and built the temple of Siva in Tirupperunturai with the money.〔B.S. 2011, p. 77〕 King Varaguna also was preached with knowledge of reality and blessed with mukthi after Lord Siva made him realize his small worldly mistake. Varaguana maharaja immediately gave up his throne and attained muthi at feet of Lord Sivan. Manikkavasakar's birth name is unclear, but he was known as Vadhavoorar after his birthplace. ''Manikkavasakar'' means man with words as precious as Manikam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manikkavacakar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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