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According to Deshpande, the Natha Sampradaya, is a development of the earlier Siddha or Avadhuta Sampradaya, an ancient lineage of spiritual masters. [32] They may be linked to Kapalikas or Kalamukhas given they share their unorthodox lifestyle, though neither the doctrines nor the evidence that links them has been uncovered. [31]
In another list each Natha is identified with a Hindu god:1. Aumkar Adinatha (Lord of Lords), Siva; 2. Shelnatha (Lord of the Arrow Shaft), Krisna or Rama Chandra; 3. Santoknatha (Lord of Gratification) 4. Acalacambhunatha (Lord of Wondrous Immortality), Hanuman or Laksman; 5.
Sampradaya is a body of practice, views and attitudes, which are transmitted, redefined and reviewed by each successive generation of followers. Participation in sampradaya forces continuity with the past, or tradition, but at the same time provides a platform for change from within the community of practitioners of this particular traditional ...
He is also seen as the founder of the natha sampradaya, having received the teachings from Shiva. [4] He is associated with Kaula Shaivism . [ 5 ] He is also one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas and considered the guru of Gorakshanath , another known figure in early hatha yoga.
Shri Revan Natha, also known as Revan Siddh, [1] Kada Siddha, [1] and, Kaadhsiddheshwar [2] Siddharaj was the 7th [3] or 8th [4] Navnath.He is especially worshipped in western India, where several temples are dedicated to him, and several sampradayas trace their origin to him, the best-known being the Inchegeri Sampradaya.
The Nath Yogi sampradaya and monastic organizations grew starting with the 13th century, [1] with its matha headquarters in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Many of their mathas are found in the northern, central and western states of India particularly in the Himalayas, but archeological inscriptions suggest their mathas existed in south India as well.
In India, haṭha yoga is associated in popular tradition with the Yogis of the Natha Sampradaya. [17] Almost all hathayogic texts belong to the Nath siddhas, and the important ones are credited to Gorakhnath or Gorakshanath (c. early 11th century), [7] the founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India, [18] though those texts post-date him.
The Daśanāmi Sampradaya (IAST: Daśanāmī Saṃpradāya "Tradition of Ten Names"), also known as the Order of Swamis, [1] is a Hindu monastic tradition of "single-staff renunciation" (ēka daṇḍi saṃnyāsī) [2] [3] [4] Ēkadandis were already known during what is sometimes referred to as "Golden Age of Hinduism" (ca. 320-650 CE). [5]