Adyar - Adyar

Japanese: アディヤール - あでぃやーる
Adyar - Adyar

...the general term for a group of Shaivite leaders who appeared in the 7th century in the Tamil region of southern India. They are also called adyārs. They were not theologians who studied and explained the Agamas, the holy scriptures of Shaivism, but passionate religious poets who expressed their feelings of absolute devotion (bhakti) to God, drawing on texts familiar to the general public, such as the epics (the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the Puranas.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南インドのタミル地方に,7世紀ころから現れた,一連のシバ派の指導者たちの総称。アディヤールadyārとも称せられる。彼らは,シバ派の聖典であるアーガマを研究,解説する神学者ではなく,叙事詩(《マハーバーラタ》と《ラーマーヤナ》)やプラーナなど,一般民衆にも親しみのある文献を典拠にして,神に対する絶対的な信愛(バクティ)の情感を吐露する熱烈な宗教詩人であった。…

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