Nāyanār (English spelling)

Japanese: ナーヤナール(英語表記)Nāyanār
Nāyanār (English spelling)
A general term for a group of Shaivite leaders who appeared in the Tamil region of southern India from around the 7th century. 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 literature familiar to the general public, such as epics (the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the Puranas. They traveled from temple to temple, singing Tamil hymns in front of statues of gods such as Shiva and his consort Uma, and often dancing in a state of ecstasy, thereby spreading the essence of Shaivism to the general public.

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。彼らは寺院から寺院へと渡り歩きながら,シバ神やその神妃ウマー女神などの神像の前でタミル語の賛歌を歌い上げ,しばしば陶酔状態で踊ったりして,一般の民衆にシバ教の神髄を伝え広めた。

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