शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

PUBLISHERS' NOTE FOR THE SECOND EDITION
Sivagnana Botham, one of the Fourteen
Sastras, is the basic work of the Saiva
Siddhantha Philosophy and is considered as the most
important doctrine to be studied by one and all.
St. Meikandar, the author of the work, has explained
the whole concept of the Saiva Siddhantha in
Twelve Sutrams, so as to understand easily the
basic principles of the said philosophy. Though
these sutrams seem to be short in size, they contain
the essence of the whole system, Each and every
one, either Tamilian or Non-Tamilian, who desires
to study the Saiva Siddhantha Philosophy should
first go through the Sivagnana Botham in detail.
J. M. Nallaswami Pillai took so much pain to
translate the Sivagnana Botham into English for the
benefit of the Non-Tamils. It has been out of print
for a long period. With a view to help the scholars
and students of Saiva Siddhantha philosophy this
edition has been brought out. We hope this will be
received well by one and all.