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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Navanātha (नवनाथ) [navo nāthāḥ] refers to the “Nine Siddhas”, according to sources such as the Kulakaulinīmata and Kumārikākhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra.— This group of nine Nātha Siddhas related to Gorakhanātha are venerated by his followers as nine founder figures. According to the Kulakaulinīmata, Mitranātha made nine disciples in Candrapura in Koṅkaṇa. These are called the Current of Men that Mitrīśa, the First Teacher of this Age, generated as his spiritual sons. These Nine Nāthas (navanātha) originally resided in his body as his vital breaths from which they emerged and were born as men in nine places. In accord with the basic triadic division of the universe, the Nine Nāthas are divided into three groups of three. Three have authority on the earth. Three went down into the nether-worlds, and the remaining three flew up into the sky.

The Navanātha (nine nāthas) are:

1. Gagana,
2. Kumuda,
3. Padma,
4. Deva,
5. Bhairava,
6. Kamala,
7. Śiva,
8. Rāma,
9. Kṛṣṇānanda.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: DSpace at Pondicherry: Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu (hinduism)

Navanātha (नवनाथ).—The Tirumandiram speaks of the Nava Nāthas or the nine Nāthasiddhas. Two later works place some symbolic elegance on the Nine Nāthas: the Tantrarāja Tantra correlates the Nine Nāthas with the nine bodily orifices, while the Tantra Mahārṇava identifies eight Nātha Siddhas with the eight cardinal directions. This latter list places Ādinātha at the ‘center’ of the Indian universe, in the land of Kurukṣetra; a location that would correspond to a widespread Kaula doctrine, which calls the central pītha of its mystic universe, the Ādipītha.

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