Nagai, is now known as Nagapattinam due to the special coating of Naga Adiseshan. In that city a great slave lord Siva named Adhipathar was lived chief fisher men. He for his material wealth and Bhakthi. had heart sacrifice everything Lord Siva. follows this approach in day today fishing profession. Sundararperuman praised Nayanar Thiruththondaththokai that, ‘He Athipathar’. Nambiyandar Nambi T...

Saiva metaphysics, guru worship, Linga confluence and the goal of soul is to attain godliness. Thirumanthiram, eighth sutra Sivagnanabodha refers Saarala (Single Point) system. The perfection soul, word Guru also referred as remover darkness. God will appear a Guru. Arrogance, karma, illusion lead birth. It who prevents them. Shiva means purity. purifies three unclean things. According in souls...

P ope Francis’s ecological muse in his 2015 encyclical on climate change and inequality is also his namesake. The pope begins his letter with lines from a canticle attributed to the long departed friar from Assisi. The saint is the first to evoke our human sisterhood with the feminized figure of our planet.1 But the pope’s subsequent admonishments are contemporary, and his own: “This sister now...

In 1900 Sir William Osler, who was the dominant figure in medicine at the beginning ofthis century, stated that medicine is distinguished from other professions 'by its singular beneficence'.' In the title of this address, a question mark has been added because 100 years after Osler made this comment, it is worth reflecting on whether medicine has lived up to his views, and what future medicine...

To my parents and wife ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I praise the Lord for allowing me this great chance to study at the prestigious University of Michigan. The last five years has been a great time of experiencing His guidance and providence. I humbly confess that the strength allowed me to continue and finish the study were not from me, but was given to me from Him by His grace. I have be...

Blood, sweat and cheers. By Ian Fraser. (pp 150. £.14.95. Inland f£17.50; Abroad $29.00 USA). London: British Medical Journal, The Memoir Club, 1989. The Memoir Club has already published in this series recollections of various distinguished medical personalities Sir Christopher Booth, Sir Douglas Black, Dr Moran Campbell, Sir James Howie and Lord Taylor. It is happy and appropriate as far as U...

Mohammad-Karim Pirnia, one of the most prominent scholars of the history of Iranian architecture, has recorded two major achievements: the principles of Iranian architecture and the stylistics of Iranian architecture. In this article we will discuss his suggested principles for Iranian architecture. For this purpose, we will first show how his five principles have evolved and completed th...

1. Substances and Accidents The literature on Brentano of recent times has manifested an unmistakeably deflationary tendency, often presenting Brentano as little more than a forerunner of analytic philosophy, and rarely taking account of more than those few passages in which Brentano talks about something called 'intentionality'. 1 The present paper is an attempt to redress this balance. It see...